With the transfer of funds from the state government, the KHADC is hopeful to be able to clear the pending salaries of its employees, Chief Executive Member Pyniaid Sing Syiem said yesterday.
Not only the KHADC, but the Jaintia Hills (JHADC) and Garo Hills (GHADC) are also facing constraints in paying staff.
As far as the KHADC is concerned, the state government recently released Rs 14 crore in the council’s share of major and minor minerals revenue. This should enable the council to pay salaries for the next few months.
A further amount of Rs 30 crore will be released soon for transport and major minerals revenue, Syiem informed.
“We hope that this will sustain the employee salaries in the coming months. Even for arrears, we have paid over Rs 7.70 crore to our employees, including ex-MDCs,” he said while taking credit for doing this in the short time that he has been in the chair as CEM compared to the previous administration.
The KHADC, JHADC and GHADC yesterday held a meeting regarding the pending release of Rs 200 crore as development funds from the central government through the 15th Finance Commission.
