SHILLONG: The Mawmluh Cherra Cement Limited (MCCL) is exploring the possibilities of availing coal from the other sources to run the cement factory.
Indicating this here on Sunday, the MCCL managing director Sanjay Goyal informed that the first option will be to avail coal through the Government linkages, a share being provided to the States by the Ministry of Coal.
The MCCL has been badly hit by the NGT ban on coal mining in the State. The factory has to stop production due to non-availability of coal.
“We have already written to the Commerce and Industries departments if they can submit a proposal for availing coal through the Government linkages to help the MCCL,” Goyal said.
The managing director said that the other option is to get coal through the e-auction which is being carried out by the Coal India Limited.
“We can seriously think of availing coal through e-auction once the ‘dry process’ of the cement factory is commissioned. With the commissioning of the dry process, there will be less consumption of coal which will allow the MCCL to avail coal at a higher rate through the e-auction,” Goyal said.
On the pending salaries of the MCCL staff, he said that a comprehensive report was submitted on October 30 to address the present crisis including the payment of the pending salaries.
“We are waiting for the decision of the Government on the report,” Goyal said.
Meanwhile, a delegation of the Sohra Block Congress Committee (SBCC) met Chief Minister Mukul Sangma to bring the issue (non-payment of salary) to his notice.
Informing about this meeting with the Chief Minister, Sohra Congress MDC Donevan Kharwanlang said that the State Government has not been able to pay the salaries to employees due to the ban clamped by the National Green Tribunal (NGT).
The Chief Minister had assured to convene a meeting of the MCCL governing body to discuss the issue, Kharwanlang said.