New Delhi, June 2 (PTI) Workers in the Port Blair port are opposing its newly accorded status as a major port for fear of losing financial incentives.
Employees of major port trusts are not eligible for the monthly lifetime pension scheme and they get a lump sum at the end of the service period.
The Port Blair port has been registered as a trust and was in line to be corporatised by the government after it was declared as a major port last year.
"There are many problems associated with that (Port Blair) port...local opposition, issues of employees over salary, pension etc and also the overall structure of the port, you can say that we have only 12 major ports as of now (excluding Port Blair)," a senior Shipping Ministry official told PTI.