Will address NTC mill workers’ problems soon, says Union minister Piyush Goyal after Ashish Shelar’s intervention

Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar Thursday interacted with Union Textiles Minister Piyush Goyal through video conferencing and urged him to fulfil the demands of the National Textile Corporation (NTC) mill workers, including the payment of their salary arrears. Goyal assured Shelar that the Centre would address the problems of the mill workers immediately.

The NTC mills have been closed since March 2020. Despite a court direction to pay full salary to these workers, only half wage was being paid, and even that was stopped for the last six months, Shelar said.

As the mill workers were contemplating an agitation, to avoid a stand-off between them and the government, Shelar took the initiative.

Earlier, to ensure the redevelopment of 11 chawls on nine mill lands of the NTC in Mumbai, the BJP leader had taken a similar initiative and contacted the Union Ministry of Textiles. He had called upon the union minister and submitted a proposal. Shelar expressed hope that the issue of unpaid wages to NTC Mill workers would be resolved at the earliest.