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Delivery of vessels to navy to be delayed : Bharati Shipyard Limited
The commissioning of the Indian Navys high-end vessels, slated for this year-end, is likely to be delayed following prolonged labour unrest at the Bharati Shipyard Limiteds (BSL) ship building yard here.
BSL, helped by its reputation for the speedy completion and delivery of large offshore vessels, had edged out its competitor ABG Shipyards Limited to bag orders to deliver as many as six vessels to the Indian Navy, according to the companys financial results published on its website. Four of these vessels were being built at BSLs second Greenfield Yard (after Dabhol) in Tannirubhavi.
About 700 labourers have not been not attending work for 20 days and 32 contractors are threatening a lock-out over non-payment of dues since January. The result: the shipyards prospects of honouring its contract and delivering vessels on schedule to the Indian Navy and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) appear bleak.
Bharati Shipyard Contractors Association president Deviprasad Shetty said since January, the BSL owed them Rs 6.32 crore. The irregularity in payment began from October 2011, two years after its launch, Shetty told reporters at Patrika Bhavan on Monday. They stopped work once in March 2012, subsequently in August 2012 and again in July 2013.
Following assurances of payment by BSL managing Director Vijay Kumar, we withdrew the strike and increased our labour force to 4,500 labourers, he said.
We worked overtime to ensure that two offshore vessels were delivered on time (in June 2012 and March 2013), Shetty said. When BSL went back on its assurances, the contractors had no option but to stop work from July 6.
Following the Labour Departments intervention, BSL Mangalore Shipyard head V Sequeira released a payment of Rs 3,000 per labourer to the contractor on August 14. Yet, payments for many contractors are pending since January, Shetty said and added that their memoranda submitted to CM Siddaramaiah, Labour Minister P T Parameshwara Naik, Law Minister T B Jayachandra, Dakshina Kannada DC N Prakash and MLAs in Mangalore got no response.
BSCA vice-president Devraj Fernandes said the plight of 22 contractors and their labourers from other states was unbearable. Work on four vessels for the Navy and two more vessels was being done with the companys 150 labourers.
Link - Delivery of vessels to navy to be delayed - The New Indian Express
The commissioning of the Indian Navys high-end vessels, slated for this year-end, is likely to be delayed following prolonged labour unrest at the Bharati Shipyard Limiteds (BSL) ship building yard here.
BSL, helped by its reputation for the speedy completion and delivery of large offshore vessels, had edged out its competitor ABG Shipyards Limited to bag orders to deliver as many as six vessels to the Indian Navy, according to the companys financial results published on its website. Four of these vessels were being built at BSLs second Greenfield Yard (after Dabhol) in Tannirubhavi.
About 700 labourers have not been not attending work for 20 days and 32 contractors are threatening a lock-out over non-payment of dues since January. The result: the shipyards prospects of honouring its contract and delivering vessels on schedule to the Indian Navy and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) appear bleak.
Bharati Shipyard Contractors Association president Deviprasad Shetty said since January, the BSL owed them Rs 6.32 crore. The irregularity in payment began from October 2011, two years after its launch, Shetty told reporters at Patrika Bhavan on Monday. They stopped work once in March 2012, subsequently in August 2012 and again in July 2013.
Following assurances of payment by BSL managing Director Vijay Kumar, we withdrew the strike and increased our labour force to 4,500 labourers, he said.
We worked overtime to ensure that two offshore vessels were delivered on time (in June 2012 and March 2013), Shetty said. When BSL went back on its assurances, the contractors had no option but to stop work from July 6.
Following the Labour Departments intervention, BSL Mangalore Shipyard head V Sequeira released a payment of Rs 3,000 per labourer to the contractor on August 14. Yet, payments for many contractors are pending since January, Shetty said and added that their memoranda submitted to CM Siddaramaiah, Labour Minister P T Parameshwara Naik, Law Minister T B Jayachandra, Dakshina Kannada DC N Prakash and MLAs in Mangalore got no response.
BSCA vice-president Devraj Fernandes said the plight of 22 contractors and their labourers from other states was unbearable. Work on four vessels for the Navy and two more vessels was being done with the companys 150 labourers.
Link - Delivery of vessels to navy to be delayed - The New Indian Express
