CM orders Mafatlal Mills to reopen its city units

He said the representatives of the millowners were citing several reasons for the inability of the company to run the two units at Mazgaon and Lower Parel.

Two units of the Mafatlal Mills were closed down last week after the Tata Electric Company TEC discontinued the power supply due to non-payment of electricity bills by the mill. However, Sachin Ahir, president of the Rashtriya Mill Mazdoor Sangh RMMS and Adv Gayatri Singh of Girni Kamgar Sangharsh Samiti, alleged that the mill management did not want to run the units in which 2,728 workers were employed.

quot;The representatives of the management urged the Government to extend a helping hand. But the Chief Minister turned down the request and directed them to submit the proposal by Monday,quot; Dalwai informed. He said the millowners have been asked to discuss the issue with the secretaries of labour, energy and textiles departments.

Ahir, expressed happiness over the CM8217;s decision and demanded that similar steps should be taken to solve disputes in other private textile mills in the city.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, Dalwai, Minister of State for Textile Prakash Awade, Ahir, Mazgaon MLA Bala Nandgaonkar and officials of the TEC, ICICI and Mafatlal Mills.