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But employing all of them is not viable,” said Trichy Onion Commission Mandi Traders Association secretary A Thangaraj. A huge posse of police personnel was stationed near the private onion market. However, on humanitarian basis, we can employ a maximum of 50-60 protesting labourers. TRICHY: Police detained 156 loadmen and 63 of their family members, including women, when they staged a road blockade on the service road of the Chennai- Trichy National Highway on Thursday demanding employment in a private onion market Traders had recently terminated the job of 277 loadmen after the onion market was relocated to a private market.The loadmen affiliated to four trade unions and their family members assembled near the private onion market in Palpannai on Thursday morning. So, we identified and employed 171 new labourers..