SHILLONG: Employees of Mawmluh Cherra Cements Limited, who have been demanding their salaries held up for the past eight months, have been forced to take to the streets to make the State government hear their pleas.
The employees are also demanding operationalization of the extension plant known as the dry process which was constructed over a decade age.
Nongkrem legislator Ardent M Basaiawmoit alleged that corruption had played its role in the downfall of MCCL.
Elected representatives who attended a rally called by the MCCL employees on Tuesday included Sohra legislator Titosstarwell Chyne, Sohryngkham MDC Pyniaid Sing Syiem and Sohra MDC Donavan Kharwanlang.
Expressing anguish over the matter, members of women and youth organisations of Sohra including student bodies also took part in the rally to show solidarity with the MCCL employees. The participants demanded immediate payment of the pending dues of the MCCL staff.
