The two-day
all-India working committee meeting of the Water Transport Workers Federation
of India (WTWFI) decided to observe
September 15 as ‘National Protest Day’ at all the major ports in the
country demanding immediate withdrawal of the proposed National Asset
Monetization Pipeline Policy (NAMPP) at the port sector.
The event which was held in Kochi concluded
on august 21st.
The asset monetization policy will
make the port workers surplus, redundant, and would snatch away their jobs, a
release said.
It stated that if NAMMP is implemented, it would pose severe threats to other
major ports as it already happened to the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority.
Easy
facilitation of core activities such as cargo handling, marine operations, etc
will also be handed over to contractors as per the provisions of Major Port
Authority Act 2021.