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PSU workers without salaries for months
By Assam on November 25, 2007
The Committee for Struggle to Revive Public Sector Undertakings, Assam, has alleged that the employees of 15 state public sector undertakings have not received their salaries for 50 to 175 months and a number of them breathed their last due to lack of treatment, while, the employees, who have opted for Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS), have also not received their full dues. The Committee demanded that the Government should be sympathetic to the sufferings of the employees of the PSUs while giving incentives to the Government employees.
Giving certain examples of the sufferings of the employees of the State PSUs, the Committee said that about 290 employees of the Ashok Paper Mills, Jogighopa have not received any salary since October, 1998. Two employees of the Mill committed suicide because of frustration, while, 27 died due to lack of medical treatment. The committee revealed that around 500 employees of Polytex, Jagiroad, have not received any salary for the past 150 months and two of them have committed suicide, while, 21 others died due to lack of treatment. More than 150 employees of Swahid Kushal Konwar Mills are not receiving salaries for more than 160 months, while, more than 500 employees of the Assam Cooperative Sugar Mills, Baruah Bamungaon, are not receiving salaries for more than 140 months. The same is the case with the employees of all the other state PSUs and around 400 of them already died because of lack of treatment.
The Committee pointed out that following widespread protests, the Government announced VRS for the employees of a few mills, but in reality, the same was not implemented properly. It alleged that the Government closed down PSUs like the STATEFED, Assam Agro-Industries Development Corporation, Assam Government Construction Corporation etc and offered VRS to its employees, but majority of the employees of those PSUs are yet to get their dues in full because of the apathetic attitude of the Government. Assam Tribune
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