Ahead of Rakshabandhan, the employees of Sitarganj Sugar Mill would get their salary held for the past four months due to paucity of fund after the State finance minister Prakash Pant intervened.
As per the information, Pant intervened with the employees of the sugar mill remaining under stress with salary not being paid for the past four months and planning to go for agitation, demanding prompt clearance of their pending salaries. However, things have ended well for them two days before the festival as the finance minister Pant has allocated Rs 1.65 crore to the ailing sugar mill as financial help.
“We have ensured that their salaries are paid to help them celebrate the festival with the customary fervour,” Pant said.
He further said that the Government being serious on the release of arrear of the sugarcane farmers, a part of the arrears has been paid while the remaining part would be released shortly.