Construction supply blockade: CITU to take out protest to T.N. border
Union leaders say this restriction has completely paralysed the State’s construction sector, affecting ongoing infrastructure work and leaving thousands of workers without a livelihood
The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has taken issue with the blockade imposed by the Tamil Nadu government on the delivery of essential quarry products, such as stone aggregates, gravel, and Msand, into Kerala. This restriction has crippled the construction sector in the state, leaving thousands of workers without employment.
On September 11, CITU construction and motor sector unions plan to march and stage a protest at the Puliyara border check post, urging both state governments to lift the material movement curbs. S Jayamohan, district secretary of CITU, informed that the shortage of basic raw materials has halted construction activities, including roads, bridges, and housing projects, affecting workers in the residential, commercial, and public sectors.
The union accuses the Kerala government of being passive and evasive in handling the crisis, advocating for the use of local alternatives like utilizing flood-accumulated river sand and sediment, as well as the Forest department's previous mechanism of collecting and subsidizing monsoon-deposited sand.
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