THE Delhi State Committee of CPI(ML) successfully organised the 1st Conference of cycle-rickshaw pullers at Sector 25 in Noida on 23 May. Two hundred rickshaw pullers participated in the Conference. A 15 member committee with Comrades Shyam Kishore Yadav and Suresh Paswan as President and Secretary respectively was elected through the Conference. AICCTU General Secretary Com. Swapan Mukherjee and Delhi Secretary Com. Sanjay Sharma addressed the conference and congratulated the participants. The Conference passed resolutions on several immediate demands of the rickshaw pullers including (i) granting of licences to all rickshaw-pullers and their mandatory inclusion in BPL and social security list, (ii) construction of cycle-rickshaw stands with shades and drinking water amenities, (iii) granting of easy loan and micro credits from banks to free them from the clutches of usurers, (iv) stopping all harassment by the police and administration and (v) recognising their service for its contribution to minimising environmental pollution.
