The statement said the Liberty Group received significant government support until last June, which helped save jobs and families’ livelihoods.
The Indo-British company group has so far failed to fulfill its promises to develop the steelworks or its obligation to restart production, it said. Instead, it had made repeated false promises recently, it added.
The current owner of the Duna Steel Works has claimed that it cannot afford to pay the wages of several thousand workers, “which is unacceptable,” the ministry said.
The government is ready to intervene to protect the workers, and if necessary, it can offer help from the Wage Guarantee F und again, the ministry said.
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