Patna: Amid the nationwide lockdown, nearly 600 workers of Riga sugar mill in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district have been removed “temporarily” by the mill management without any prior information. The mill management has pasted a notice written in English informing the workers that they were laid off, citing increasing loss and bank loan. The mill management has informed workers, including seasonal workers covered under wage board award of sugar industries, that there will be no work for them due to the temporary stoppage at the sugar plant from May 11 to July 11, 2020. The management has made it clear in its notice the workers will not be paid for this period.

Amid Lockdown, 600 Workers of Bihar's Riga Sugar Mill Rendered Jobless | NewsClick