AssamMinister of State for health & family welfare Pijush Hazarika on Friday reiteratedthat "some good news arriving" to the employees of Hindustan Paper CorporationLimited (HPCL). However, the Jagiroad MLA has not enlightened the exact "goodnews"

His remarkscame a day after the employees of Nagaon Paper Mill in Jagiroad staged amassive protest demanding their salaries. The NCLT has directed the occupantsof the residential quarters of the HPCL owned mills to vacate the quarters byJanuary 1, 2020.

"Wewill not vacate our quarters until our dues, which among others include 36months' salary, are settled," an employee of the Nagaon paper mill had said.

Hazarikasaid that the Assam government will do everything to give the employees of thepaper mill, what they deserve. Interestingly, the Jagiroad MLA's assurance cameon the day, when the State BJP is organising a 'Shanti Samadal' in theconstituency.

It maybe mentioned here that three employees of Nagaon paper mill had allegedlycommitted suicide owing to financial distress after the mill had becomenon-functional. The plight of the employees and their families regardingeducation, medical facilities and other basic amenities hogged headlinesseveral times.