MARGAO
Insisting on safeguarding the interest of the existing workers of Sanjivani Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana (SSSK), Independent MLA Reginaldo Lourenco has urged Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik to ensure that all the current employees of SSSK absorbed in the new ethanol plant and to consult these employees on the ongoing re-development process.In a letter to the Agriculture Minister, the Curtorim MLA said “in the ongoing endeavour of redevelopment of SSSK, it is imperative for getting the interests of its workers to be safeguarded"
He drew the attention of the Agriculture Minister to his Starred LAQ No 006B answered by the Minister on July 15 where he reiterated in point C that “the interest of all the current employees of Sanjivani Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana will be safeguarded."
Hence, the Independent MLA has requested the Minister to get all the current employees of SSSK absorbed in the new ethanol plant and to also consult these employees on the ongoing redevelopment process.
“It is given to understand that Requests for quotation (RFQ) documents has been made available from October 6, accordingly a pre-application conference is scheduled to take place on October 31 and the last date for submission of the said online applications in the arranged RFQ paper is fixed for November 25,” he added.
