Four contract employees of Chamundeshwari Sugar Mills (Chamsugars) at Kala Muddana Doddi in Maddur taluk, staged a protest by climbing a sugarcane carrier at the mill on Monday, demanding that the management regularise their jobs and increase emoluments.
Tension prevailed for a while when the protestors – A.S. Santosh, M. Mahadeva Swamy, Madhu and D.A. Kere Mahadeva – also threatened to commit suicide by consuming poison.
According to the agitators, 160 workers have been protesting for the past several months demanding regularisation of their services and also for social security benefits. As the suagr mill management failed to consider their demands, they scaled the 40-ft cane carrier and shouted slogans against the management.
They urged the district administration and the State government to initiate action against the mill for violating labour laws by denying benefits.
However, they gave up their protest after Kumuda Sharath, Deputy Director, Food and Civil Supplies, visited the spot.
The four agitators even threatened to consume posion if their demands were not met by the mill
