KOCHI: The work at Cochin Cancer Research Centre (CCRC) got stuck for almost ten days following trade unions demanding Nokkukooli . As various agencies including district administration and police failed to sort out the issue, the construction company moved the court and secured an interim verdict asking the police to ensure law and order is maintained.Following the court order, the construction company resumed the works. “ The piling works have been started. Still, the progress of the work had been hit due to the intervention of the trade unions. The migrant workers deployed by the contractor were scared away by the local trade unionists. Now, there is a dearth of labourers,” an official with CCRC said.According to Justice Krishna Iyer Movement leaders, those including police and district administration failed to resolve the dispute and ensure law and order. “ As per a letter given by district collector K Mohammed Y Safirulla to city police commissioner, the trade unionists had demanded Nokkukooli. Nokkukooli had been abolished by the state government. How can the trade unions demand Nokkukooli then?"asked Dr Sanil Kumar of Justice Krishna Iyer Movement. “ We don’t understand, district collector couldn’t stop the illegal practice of Nokkukooli exercising his powers as district magistrate,” he said.The dispute started with the local trade union leaders demanding that 80 per cent of the workers should be deployed from their unions. But, the contractor didn’t accept that citing that the migrant works who are having experience in the work are inevitable for smooth and timely completion of the work.