SHILLONG: UDP legislator Titosstarwell Chyne has urged the State Government to alleviate the sufferings of employees of the Mawmluh Cherra Cement Limited (MCCL), by releasing their salaries which has been pending for the past eight months.
Chyne demanded that the Government should provide interim relief to the employees by releasing a part of the pending salary at the earliest.
The Sohra legislator also informed that the employees have begun an indefinite sit-in demonstration from Tuesday demanding release of their pending salaries.
The legislator observed that the staffs have been facing hardships especially at a time when the board results are being declared and the parents do not have the means to get their children admitted in various courses.
Chyne further informed that he had visited the MCCL on Tuesday to find out the status of the new plant which was supposed to be commissioned on May 15 as assured by the Government.
He informed that the private firm implementing the project had assured him that the new plant would be commissioned shortly.
