SHILLONG: There is not much to cheer about this festive season as far as the employees of Mawmluh Cherra Cements Limited (MCCL) is concerned as they may not get their 10 months’ pending salaries before Christmas.
When contacted, MCCL managing director, Sanjay Goyal said on Sunday that the matter has already been taken up with the State Government even though he did not make it clear as to when the salary would be released.
To a question on the functioning of the firm, Goyal said that the MCCL’s new plant may start next year.
“The full trial has started and it will take a bit of a time for the plant to stabilize,” he said.
According to Goyal, if there are no hitches, the plant may go commercial in January.
Due to lack of modernization, the production capacity of the plant, which was around 12000 metric tonnes per year, has gone down to 5000 to 6000 metric tonnes. The State Government hopes that the production capacity would increase to 18000 metric tonnes a year once the new plant is commissioned. Moreover, the Rs 100 core modernized plant will also consume less electricity when compared to the existing plant.
MCCL established in 1960s is the oldest PSU in the state and the only state-owned cement plant.
