Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray's hate campaign against north Indians has paralysed the city leading to the closure of many small and medium industries here.
"Since last 5-6 days around 8,000-10,000 people from Nasik have gone, as they are scared and are not ready to work. About 35-40 small and medium scale industries have been shut dow
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by amit sharma on Feb 17, 2008 01:17 PM Permalink
The industries in Nashik, which bore the brunt of violence after MNS chief Raj Thackeray's arrest in Mumbai, have suffered losses to the tune of Rs 400 crore.
The incidents of stone-pelting, arson and exodus of North Indian workers from the region have hit the local industries hard, Prashant Sathe, general secretary of Nashik Industries Manufacturers' Association (NIMA) said.
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by amit sharma on Feb 17, 2008 01:19 PM Permalink
Dhananjay Bele, President of Ambad Industrial Manufacturers' Association (AIMA) said "we are facing a big problem after many North Indians have quit."
At least 40 per cent of the industries, especially the small-scale ones, have been badly affected, he said.
There are over 200 big industries and 1500 small units scattered over both Satpur and Ambad industrial belts in the region.
Bhele said ten per cent of small-scale units are nearly closed, and if the labour problem continues, others too might be badly affected.
Meanwhile, all the finishing work in contruction sectors has come to standstill due to lack of labours.
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by amit sharma on Feb 17, 2008 01:21 PM Permalink
Industry leaders, coming to terms with Rs 400 crore loss, are now bracing themselves for an even bigger fallout: The effect of lockdown on small factories.
"In a day or two, the situation will worsen when spare parts don't arrive at the factories that have to meet daily targets,'' says Dhananjay Bhele, president of Ambad Industrial Manufacturers' Association (AIMA).
While some were unskilled workers on construction sites, many were semi-skilled who worked on the assembly line in steel and automotive industries, and are not easy to replace. However, both the AIMA and the Nashik Industrial Manufacturers' Association (NIMA) have, for the last three days, been appealing to local youth to come forward if they want to "replace'' the migrant workers.
"Not one has applied,'' says Bhele. It's clear that not all incidents of violence were orchestrated by the MNS; many local trouble-makers took advantage of the atmosphere of tension to chase and beat up vegetable-vendors, smug in the belief that their individual offences would get absorbed in the overall MNS lawlessness.
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by amit sharma on Feb 17, 2008 01:24 PM Permalink
Industries in the area have suffered a combined loss of up to Rs.4 billion (approx $100 million) in the past fortnight of violence.
The immediate fallout could be a steep increase in the cost of labour, which in turn would lead to a hike - almost double in some cases - in the prices of goods manufactured in the industrial belt.
"The prices of steel products, electrical equipment and automobile parts are expected to nearly double in the coming weeks. The situation is a direct fallout of the non-availability of cheap, unskilled labour," Nashik Industrial Manufacturers' Association (NIMA) chairperson Abhay Kulkarni told IANS.
According to NIMA's estimates, nearly 30,000 labourers have left the industrial belt in the past two weeks of unrest sparked by the Raj Thackeray-led MNS. Many taxi drivers and street vendors were assaulted in Mumbai and a man in Nashik lost his life in the violence.
Apprehending more violence, the migrant workers have gone back to their homes in Bihar or Uttar Pradesh.
As a general rule, these labourers are recruited by agents who supply them to construction firms or small-scale industries for a lower minimal wage settlement.
In the process, the agents get huge commissions from firms for providing them with cheap labour.
The daily wages range between Rs.40 to Rs.300 depending on the nature of the work, Kulkarni said.
But in the current scenario, getting cheap labour is the biggest problem faced by the industry and there seems to be
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by amit sharma on Feb 17, 2008 01:25 PM Permalink
so who is suffering....and u can see how north indian migrants contributed to maharashtra's growth
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by FCUK on Feb 17, 2008 01:34 PM Permalink
Yes.... :)) Gh@@tee leader is real real....jam of @ss. Damaging his own state...
