Delhi firm abandons 700 more youths in Hingoli

Yavatmal: In yet another shocker, over 700 youths hailing from Kerala (200), Tamil Nadu (300) and Telangana (200) have been dumped by the Delhi-based Glaze Trading Company in the neighbouring district of Hingoli. The employees, who are in Hingoli since 8-12 months, have not even got their salaries.
On Saturday morning, TOI got a distressed call from 23-year-old Pratap Murugan, an engineer employed by the company.“I’m Pratap from Mathurai district of Tamil Nadu. I joined the Delhi-based Glaze company 8 months ago. I was sent to Hingoli for training in marketing. We are 700 of us hailing from Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Telangana. We have been housed here in Khushal Nagar, Siddharth Nagar, Gayatri Mandir and some other places in rooms rented by the company. Till the lockdown, things were moving smoothly, but now we are in serious trouble,” he said.
The stress levels of the youngsters has risen all the more as the company’s supervisor in Hingoli district, Shiv Krishna, is not reachable.
“Eight to ten youths have been dumped in each room. The rent of the room ranges between Rs3000-Rs5000 per month. If it is a house or an apartment, the rent is nearly Rs15000-Rs20,000. We are in a woeful condition as the landlords are demanding rent. The company has shut down and nobody is around to take care of us. We have no money to pay the rent. The landlords have given us an ultimatum to either pay the rent or vacate the premises immediately. We tried to contact the company’s supervisor Shiv Krishna but he is not reachable,” said Murugan, who had heard about TOI’s coordinated efforts with the Yavatmal police that helped rescue 400 trainees dumped by the company in Pusad and 29 in Yavatmal.
Taking cognisance of the TOI report published on March 31, Yavatmal SP M Rajkumar had acted quickly and started the supply of drinking water and provisions to the inmates of the hostel. The news had reached TN chief minister Edappadi Palaniswamy who sent e-mails to Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and Rajkumar expressing his gratitude.