The unprecedented Iranian assistance to execute a project to boost the capacity of Sapugaskanda oil refinery would meet a long standing demand of petroleum workers, trade unionists said.In fact, it had been among the set of demands recently forwarded by unions to the government when they called a countrywide strike in the petroleum sector on March 19.
"The Iranian assistance is timely," a union spokesperson said, asserting that the upgrading of the over four-decade old facility would reverse controversial efforts spearheaded by a section of the government to dilute the State hand ...