Unpaid for 43 months, employees of a tribal council in Meghalaya have rejected an offer to settle for five months’ salaries for the time being.
Albinush Marak, the chief executive member of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC), said the council had adequate funds to pay five months’ pending salaries to its employees numbering more than 1,350. The amount includes ₹24.45 crore recently released by the State government headed by Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma.






