Rising up arms against the Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) management for its indifferent attitude in providing jobs to the displaced people, a displaced group at Bokaro Steel City threatened to launch stir at Gandhi Chowk on October 15. nAlleging that the BSL management has abolished reservation of class IV posts for the displaced people under a conspiracy, Md Abbas Ansari , president of Visthapit Sajha Manch said, “In support of our demand we have decided to launch stir on October 15."

The decision has been taken in a meeting attended by hundreds of displaced youth including Shanti Bharat, Madan Mahato, Dinesh Besra, Shankar Gope, Raj Kumar Gorai, Mahabir Marandi, Sunder Goshwami, Arvind Kumar.

Few weeks earlier over hundred of agitated displaced youths organised a torch rally under the banner of Bokaro Visthapit Raiyat Sangh, alleging apathetic attitude of plant management towards the displaced.

Despite the order of High Court BSL management is not on the move the returned back the vacant lands to us, said Chhotu Singh president of the Sangh. He alleged that BSL Management is adopting apathetic attitude in providing jobs and compensation to the displaced people. According to displaced people, BSL management promised earlier to solve their issues. There were several round of ‘Talk’ between management and group but they failed to solve it, said a district administrative official.

"Demanding jobs we (displaced) launched several agitations earlier like ‘Jal Satyagrah’, ‘Brikshawas Satyagraha’ and ‘Agani Satyagraha’ but all went in vain," said Abhay Kumar another youth of the organisation.

Later the protestor including women launched one day ‘Brikshawas Satyagraha’ (living on tree) protesting the indifferent attitude of management in providing the jobs. Protestors climbed-up on a tree near Gandhi Chowk about 100 mts from the BSL’s Administrative Building to draw the attention of the management towards their demand. Nirsa MLA Arup Chatterjee along with AJSU leader Suresh Kumar also joined hands with them that time, but all went in-vain, he said.

Most of the displaced groups are demanding BSL to provide jobs in bulk while the BSL management has declared that it has already provided jobs to about 16,000 displaced people earlier.

Meanwhile the displaced claimed that the company at the time of acquiring their lands to set up plant had promised to provide jobs to 24,000 identified displaced people.