Tripartite meet on HM

A day after the CK Birla Group suspended work at its Hindustan Motors plant in Uttarpara, following a month-long agitation by a section of workers, the state government today said that it would be meeting the company8217;s workers and management at Writers8217; Buildings tomorrow. 8220;We have called a tripartite meeting on Friday to resolve the impasse as we believe the continued closure of the Hindustan Motors factory would adversely impact the economy of Hoogly,8221; principal secretary labour Subesh Das said.

Meanwhile, West Bengal labour minister Mrinal Banerjee visited the Calcutta Medical Research Institute CMRI this morning to enquire about Debasish Mukhopadhyay, a Hindustan Motors manager who was allegedly assaulted on Tuesday.