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| Trivandrum |
The functioning of the Government Secreteriate in Trivandrum and all other district collectorates came
to a standstill for the better part of the day on Wednesday when
thousands of workers belonging to CITU laid siege to it
raising the slogan “Job, wages, and food.”
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| Kannur |
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| Kozhikode |
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| Trissur |
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| Malappuram |
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| Kottayam |
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| Eranakulam |
While the
siege was officially stated to begin at 8 a.m., workers started arriving
well before that, sealing all entry points to the Secreteriate and collectorates.
Protesting workers were seen seated before the entry points under
make-shift pandals. They continued there till the siege came to end at 2
p.m. with an oath to fight the “anti-people” policies of the Central
and State governments. CITU-affiliated workers from various sectors started
coming in droves to the collectorate by 7 a.m.
Apart from workers of the traditional sector, employees from public
sector undertakings, the KSEB, the KSRTC, the Kollam City Corporation,
shops and other commercial establishments, autorickshaw drivers, lorry
divers, head-load workers, toddy tappers and beneficiaries of the
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme joined the
programme.
The siege was inaugurated in Thiruvananthapuram by M.M. Lawrence, at Kollam by K O Habib, at
Alappuzha by P.K. Gurudasan, at Ernakulam by Elaramam Karim, at Trissur byr K.M. Sudhakaran in
Kozhikode by K.N. Ravindranath, at Kannur by Anathalavattom Anandan, and
at Kasaragod by K.K. Divakaran
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