JK Paper has lifted the lockout declared on August 31. Some of the contract workers at JK Paper’s unit JKPM at Rayagada, Odisha, who had resorted to illegal and unlawful activities of stoppage of work threat, have now called off such activities, and accordingly, the lockout has been lifted on September 4, the company said in a statement to the exchanges. Shares of JK Paper jumped 4.98 per cent at ₹171.85 on the NSE.