Sri Vijaya Puram, Jan 13: P. Sathyapal, General Secretary, Hinterland Seamen Union (CITU) and E. Rudraiah, Member of the Union recently met the Secretary (Shipping), Andaman & Nicobar Administration and urged her to implement the wage revision of seamen working in the inter-island, foreshore and mainland-island sectors. The leaders brought to the notice of the Secretary (Shipping) that the wages of the seamen working under the Shipping Department was overdue for the last several years. They told the Secretary (Shipping) that the seamen are getting the wages fixed more than 12 years ago as the Administration delayed the wage revision.
The Hinterland Seamen Union delegation further informed the Secretary (Shipping) that the seamen are facing acute financial difficulties due to pendency of their wage revision and urged the Administration to take all necessary steps to revise the wages of the seamen working in all the three sectors without any further delay.
The Secretary (Shipping) assured the delegation that the matter will be looked into.