Emeute ouvrière à Surat (Gujarat) – 20 janvier 2011

After a day’s lull, clashes erupt in Surat again

indianexpress.com

Mon Jan 24 2011, Surat:

After a lull on Friday, the textile workers took to the streets in Sachin GIDC in Surat on Saturday night, pelting stones on the police and a few of the textile factories, which were running.

Trouble started around 9 pm after the protesters came of know that some factories in the area were running. The protesters threatened the labourers coming out of the factories and even beat them up with wooden sticks. The protesters took out rallies in Talangpur, Paligam and Siddhi Ganesh Township in Sachin GIDC where over 1,000 factories were operational.

Seeing the situation going out of control, senior officers on duty for the Republic Day celebrations, rushed to the spot with a huge force to bring the situation under control.

Surat Commissioner of Police Shivanand Jha was also present in Sachin on Saturday night — the first instance during the seven-day strike — for the crowd control exercise, which continued for an hour.

15 injured as police, textile workers clash in Gujarat

timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Jan 20, 2011

SURAT: Over a dozen persons were injured here today following clashes between police and striking textile workers after they allegedly ransacked an outpost in Ved road area of the city, police said. 15 injured as police, textile workers clash in GujaratMore than 15 persons, including two policemen, were injured in the clashes after a mob of striking textile labourers attacked the Pandol police outpost on Ved road and pelted stones at the guards who were deployed in the area since the labourers’ agitation began two days ago, they said. 15 injured as police, textile workers clash in GujaratAlso, a bus, a police van, an auto rickshaw and four two-wheelers were badly damaged by the unruly mob following which police lobbed four tear gas shells and cane-charged troublemakers to control the situation. 15 injured as police, textile workers clash in GujaratOver 100 people were detained in this connection and all the injured persons have been admitted to the civil hospital for treatment, police said. 15 injured as police, textile workers clash in GujaratThey said the situation was under control now and heavy police deployment has been made in the area to curtail violence. 15 injured as police, textile workers clash in GujaratTextile workers of various units of Surat are on strike since the last two days demanding wage revision.

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Surat (Gujarati: સુરત Urdu: سورت) also known as Suryapur is the commercial capital of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative capital of Surat district and one of the fastest growing cities in India with a population in 2010 nearly the double of that in 2001. The city has been ranked 36th in the list of world’s largest cities. Surat Metropolitan Region is widely regarded as one of the cleanest Metropolitan Regions in the country with the city proper being the third cleanest city in India.

The city is located 306 km south of state capital Gandhinagar, and is situated on the left bank of the Tapti River, 14 miles from its mouth. A moat divides the older parts of the city, with its narrow streets and handsome houses, and the newer suburbs. The city is largely recognized for its textile and diamond businesses. It is also known as the diamond capital of the world and the textile capital of India. 92% of the world’s diamonds are cut and polished in Surat. It has one of the highest GDP growth rates in India at 11.5% as of 2008 Surat was the primary port of India during the Mughal period, a distinction it lost to Bombay during the British Raj.