DCI employees go on flash strike against disinvestment

Visakhapatnam | Tuesday | 21st November, 2017

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DCI Non-Executive Employees’ Union Honorary President V.S. Padmanabha Raju said the employees took mass casual leave on Tuesday and decided to intensify their strike if the NDA government did not withdraw its decision for 100% disinvestment in the company. The employees, including the executives, also locked the main gate, bringing the functioning of the head office to a standstill. DCI is ranked among the top 10 dredging companies in the world and since its inception in 1976 it has been regularly earning profits. Employees of Dredging Corporation of India staging a sit-in protest at GVMC Gandhi statue in protest against strategic sale of equity in the public sector in Visakhapatnam on November 7, 2017 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangementmore-inThe employees of Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) went on strike on Tuesday to protest the strategic sale of government equity in the category-I mini ratna company which has its head office in Visakhapatnam..