Goemkarponn Desk
MOPA: Nealry 200 workers at the Mopa Internation Airport construction site turned violent and resorted to strike alleging that they were not being paid their due salaries for past several months.
The protest suddenly turned violent and the workers starting pelting stones on the administration building and cars at the site.
The pelting of stones led to the damage of car windshield and glass panels of the administration block. Immediatley the police force was called in and the situation was brought under control.
They also attacked the ATC building with stones, as well as damaged five four-wheelers.
“The contractor under whom the labourers are working has not paid their salaries, while the company has already paid the contractor,” sources said
Mopa International Airport is an under-construction greenfield airport being built at Mopa in Pernem taluka, North Goa district in the State of Goa, India. GMR Goa International Airport Limited (GGIAL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV), will develop the airport.
The ₹ 3000 crore airport will be built under the Build Operate Transfer (BOT) model in four phases, with the first phase costing a total of ₹ 1,500 crore.
It was expected to be completed by financial year 2019–2020,but has been delayed to 2022 due to a Supreme Court order, that impeded work on site, and also due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which caused lockdowns, restrictions and curfews, resulting in lack of labour and delays in construction.
