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বেতন নেই, আত্মহত্যা করলেন কাগজ কলের অফিসার55th death: HPC employee commits suicide being deprived of salary for 28 months
তাঁরা বলেন, আমরা কি এখন শুধু মৃত্যু সংবাদের অপেক্ষাতেই থাকব? একদিকে, কংগ্রেস আমলে কিছু অফিসার ও ইউনিয়ন নেতার মিলদুটি লুটেপুটে খাওয়ার অভিযোগ, অন্যদিকে বিজেপি আমলে প্রতিশ্রুতি দিয়েও মিলটি চালু না করায় বেতনহীন কর্মীরা একে একে মৃত্যুর দিকে এগিয়ে চলেছেন। তার পরেও রাজনৈতিক দলগুলোর মধ্যে কোনও হেলদোল নেই বলে অভিযোগ করেন তাঁরা।
On 28 April, 2019, an employee of HPC, Panchgram, Partha Deb expired at his quarter at Panchgram, Assam. He was suffering from hyperglycemia and liver disorder. He was not able to get any better treatment due to financial crunch as they were devoid of salary for the last 28 months.
Again, on 29 April, 2019, Biswajit Mazumdar, a 55-year-old official of the distribution branch of Nagaon Paper Mill situated at Jagiroad committed suicide after allegedly being deprived of the monthly salaries for 28 months. Police recovered the partly decomposed body of the employee hanging from the ceiling on Monday from room no 6 of the Senior Hostel. The incident came to light when his colleague did not find him over the phone despite repeated calls. Later, police sent the body of the deceased to the Morigaon Civil Hospital for post mortem examination.
All the employees of Nagaon and Cachar Paper Mills, two units of state-owned Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL) have not been getting their salaries for more than two years. While production at Cachar Paper Mill, Panchgram stopped on 20 October, 2015, the Nagaon Paper Mill at Jagiroad was closed on 13 March, 2017.
Speaking to way2barak, Manabendra Chakraborty Chief Convenor of HPC Paper Mills Revival Action Committee said that the death toll of the paper mill employees have now reached to 55. “We are now at the apathy of the government. We have no way out but to wait to see our other colleagues and their dependents dying one after another. None from the government even showed the minimum courtesy to meet the families of the deceased,” said Mr. Chakraborty.