Hundreds of contract workers employed in small and medium manufacturing units are toiling under the intense summer heat.

Some are operating out of sheds in cramped factory premises and some in buildings, where there is poor ventilation ...

"The production floor is usually hot in summer and we are used to it, but this year the heat is intense".

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an employee from a city-based gear and gear box manufacturing company complained to a local labour union that the heat in the production area was unbearable. "We bought this to the notice of the company authorities and asked them to install a ventilation system or a colling system to prevent any of the workers from getting heat stroke", Anil Roham, managing committee member of Puna Employees' Union said.
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