Families displaced by MSEZ project still await permanent employment

The 77 youth from the families displaced for the Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) are waiting for permanent employment in firms that have come up in the MSEZ.

Mahesh Kotian, a member of a displaced family, said he was among the 77 youth who underwent a special three-and-a-half year diploma course in Electrical and Electronics at the Karnataka Polytechnic, Mangaluru. This industry-specific course was sponsored by the MSEZ. They were taken as employees of JBF Petrochemicals Limited, after five months of training. After JBF Petrochemicals Limited was taken over by GAIL-Mangaluru Petrochemicals Limited (GMPL), MP for Dakshina Kannada Capt. Brijesh Chowta intervened, and they continued to work under GMPL for a year.