SILCHAR, Aug 17: A meeting was convened by Algapur MLA to save Barak Valley’s one and only heavy industry, the Cachar Paper Mill at Panchgram, which is slowly dying. It was revealed in the meeting that the condition of the mill was reportedly because of lack of coordination among CPM authorities, Forest officials as well as contractors.
The meeting, first of its kind, was attended by State Excise Minister Gautam Roy, Karimganj MP Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya, MLA Kutub Ahmed and Rahul Roy and a number of dignitaries along with some contractors.
Gautam Roy, in the meeting, said there should be a concerted move among all the concerned parties to revive the one and only heavy industry in the valley. Roy said he would personally look into the matter so that supply of bamboo was uninterrupted.
At present the mill is incurring an annual loss of Rs 30 crore mainly because of inadequate supply of bamboo, the authorities clarified. He hinted that the CMP was not receiving proper support from the Forest Department as well.
Moreover, Executive Director of the Panchgram Cachar Paper Mill (CPM) Mohan Jha has agreed to accommodate 68 contractual labourers, who were terminated yesterday, after State Excise Minister Gautam Roy interfered into the matter. Roy told Jha that these poor contractual labourers should not be terminated just before two major festivals like Durga Puja and Id.
Jha argued that these labourer were not direct employees of CPM as they were working under contractors whose term had expired. But, Roy said, on humanitarian grounds these workers, who had been serving here for the last 20 years, should be accommodated. Later, Jha agreed to employ them in other departments of the CPM. THE SENTINEL
The meeting, first of its kind, was attended by State Excise Minister Gautam Roy, Karimganj MP Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya, MLA Kutub Ahmed and Rahul Roy and a number of dignitaries along with some contractors.
Gautam Roy, in the meeting, said there should be a concerted move among all the concerned parties to revive the one and only heavy industry in the valley. Roy said he would personally look into the matter so that supply of bamboo was uninterrupted.
At present the mill is incurring an annual loss of Rs 30 crore mainly because of inadequate supply of bamboo, the authorities clarified. He hinted that the CMP was not receiving proper support from the Forest Department as well.
Moreover, Executive Director of the Panchgram Cachar Paper Mill (CPM) Mohan Jha has agreed to accommodate 68 contractual labourers, who were terminated yesterday, after State Excise Minister Gautam Roy interfered into the matter. Roy told Jha that these poor contractual labourers should not be terminated just before two major festivals like Durga Puja and Id.
Jha argued that these labourer were not direct employees of CPM as they were working under contractors whose term had expired. But, Roy said, on humanitarian grounds these workers, who had been serving here for the last 20 years, should be accommodated. Later, Jha agreed to employ them in other departments of the CPM. THE SENTINEL
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I request the local political bigwigs to stop interefering in the affairs of Cachar paper mills so that this mill start making profits! Cachar paper mill has capable administrators and technocrats but the corrupt politicians' interferance is making the unit to suffer. PLEASE, PLEASE, leave this unit to work efficiently with out your (politicians) interfearance for the sake of the local people.
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