Nearly 5,000 contract workers of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) staged a massive protɇst at the ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Hazira plant project in Surat, demanding a wage hike and reduction of working hours from 10 to 8. What began as a labour rights demonstration quickly escalated into violɇncɇ, with vehicles tørched and several police officers !njurɇd. The unrɇst has once again put the spotlight on industrial relations, workers’ rights and contract labour conditions in India’s manufacturing secto