After a Month of Shutdown 8 Jute Mills in Khulna Reopen Partially

After a Month of Shutdown 8 Jute Mills in Khulna Reopen Partially

After a month of shutdown thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, eight state-run jute mills within the Khulna-Jashore industrial belt partially resumed activities today.

Thousands of workers resumed work on the mills at around 6:00am, our local correspondent reports.

 

After a Month of Shutdown 8 Jute Mills in Khulna Reopen Partially

Md Boniz Uddin Mia, coordinator of Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation's Khulna region, said the eight mills partly reopened today following a choice of the corporation.

The decision was taken so as to provide jute bags to Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation and department of food, he said. just one mill -- Carpeting Jute Mill -- has been kept closed, he added.

According to mill authorities, the workers are being careful about maintaining distance at work.

There are around 30,000 workers in total within the nine jute mills in Khulna region.