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SHRI CHANDRA SHEKHAR (BALLIA) : Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Shri Basu Deb Acharia has raised a very important matter. The Supreme Court has directed in its judgement to shift 85 industries from Delhi. In this judgement the Court has said that these industries would be shifted not to some distant places but to such sites where from workers can commute conveniently. So far as I think, people can commute up to a distance of 60 kms. conveniently but a large number of industries are either being shifted to very far off sites or the industrialists are not interested in shifting these units on one pretest or the other. The workers have been suffering that account for the last several months. Last year, one of the workers had gone to the extent of self-immolation. Families of workers of these industries have been suffering a lot as the workers have been rendered jobless which is causing a feeling of resentment among them. Nobody is listening their woes.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not agree with Shri Basu Deb Acharia that a legislation should be enacted to nullify the judgment of the Supreme Court regarding shifting of the industries causing damage to the environment. However all the facilities that he has demanded for the workers and employees are quite justified Shri Basu Deb Acharia has rightly said that if these industries are being shifted to distant sites. The employees of these industries should be given six years salary, every care should be taken to see that these employees are not forced to lose their jobs. They are facing a lot of problem in Delhi. It will create Law and order problem in Delhi if they have no hope and they are dejected and it will be a great tragedy from the humanistic point of view if the Government do not provide them every possible help as Mr. Basu Deb Acharia has also appealed ...(Interruptions)