Hard time for biscuit makers

Chennai, Apr 8 (UNI) The hard toil of biscuit makers, who reel under blistering sun and intolerable hot weather in pursuit of their livelihood, speaks volumes about their sufferings, yet the subject of labour rights and due wages remains miles away from them.

Spending nearly 12 hours under a blistering 45 degrees C, the 2,000-odd workers, with fragile and worn-out physique, are mute testimony to the society's nonchalance to their sufferings.

''We spend nearly 12 hours at the baking unit working under the temperature of 45 degrees C. After a day's hard work, we are given a meagre Rs 60. Till date, no government has lent ears to the woes we suffer,'' said Murugan, a worker in a biscuit unit at Mint in the city.

The comprehensive social security cover, designed by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for unorganised workers, has also failed to include them in the ambit.

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