SHILLONG: Many ills including the procurement of sub- standard equipments and provident fund anomalies have plagued the state-owned Mawmluh Cherra Cement Limited (MCCL) thereby affecting its performance.
A 20-member delegation led by Shella legislator and Opposition Leader Donkupar Roy and the legislator from Sohra Titus Chyne met the Chief Minister Mukul Sangma on Monday and discussed the plight of the employees who have not got their salary since July.
The delegation also sought the intervention of the State Government for the overall improvement of MCCL.
Lumlang Nongbri, the President of MCCL workers association, alleged that many spare parts bought for MCCL were found to be sub-standard.
According to him, there was lack of proper checking on the part of the management to see that spare parts are genuine.
For proper monitoring, he said that headquarter of MCCL administration should be shifted from Shillong to Sohra.
Moreover, the delay in disbursing salary since July has affected as many as 500 employees in addition to the pending payment for working overtime.
While the dues related to salary will be around Rs 8 crore, the dues for working overtime will be around Rs 50 lakh, the employees said.
“Since the fund position is bad, the deducted Provident Fund (PF) from the employees which will come around Rs 1 crore, has not been deposited in the PF office which is a violation of law”, Nongbri said.
Former Chief Minister Donkupar Roy, who was also present in the meeting, said that due to the pending bills worth Rs 2 crore of suppliers of coal, MCCL has stopped functioning for several months.
Sohra legislator Titus Chyne said that non-availability of coal to make MCCL functional is due to the non clearance of pending dues of suppliers of coal and not because of NGT ban on coal mining.