Industries based in Parsa and Bara districts have been reeling under a loss of Rs 270 million everyday owing to agitations launched by trade unions, reports The Kathmandu Post.

The workers affiliated to trade unions have unleashed protest demanding a flat increment of Rs 1,300 in their basic remuneration. The entrepreneurs have flatly denied fulfilling the demand raised by labourers terming it as reckless while the trade unions have accused the employers of being reluctant to provide them with their agreed basic facilities.

Notably, the talks initiated between the management and the agitating workers also ended without bearing any fruit on Monday.

It is learnt that a committee has been formed to bridge the rift between the entrepreneurs and the labourers.

Meanwhile, Surya Nepal, a multi-national company that had been closed since Thursday, resumed its operation from Tuesday after the management and representatives of trade unions reached an understanding.

As per the understanding, the company management agreed to provide salary and other allowance of the strike period to the workers.

Similarly, the management expressed readiness to dispel misunderstanding over the agreement reached between the eight workers unions and the FNCCI on November 30.

The FNCCI and the eight workers unions had sealed understanding to fix minimum monthly salary of workers to the tune of Rs 4,600 apart from raising their remuneration as per their grades. nepalnews.com nd Dec 17 08