TURA: The Meghalaya Youth Congress staged a protest outside the premises of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) demanding that the authorities release the salaries of the council employees which have been pending for close to 23 months.
Congress supporters carrying placards demanded that the council authorities release the dues and criticised the government for the delay.
It is worth mentioning that the district council has been facing an acute fund crunch due to lack of royalty from major and minor minerals, particularly coal since the NGT ban in the state. While the current dispensation in the GHADC has periodically released some of the dues, yet, the huge backlog has become a major burden.
Meanhwile, the Dipul Marak-led Executive Committee running the GHADC administration is reportedly planning to release salaries for some of the pending months for which an assurance was given to the employees to withdraw their proposed indefinite strike, this week.
