Good News! BSNL-MTNL managements promise to pay salary before Diwali

BSNL-MTNL: There is a good news for BSNL and MTNL employees who have been facing delays in payment of salary. The management of these two stressed PSUs in the telecom sector has promised to pay the salary before Diwali. On Monday, Financial Express Online was first to report about the planned agitation by BSNL and MTNL employee unions against the non-payment of salaries. While MTNL employees have threatened a take out a candle march to the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday evening, ten odd unions of BSNL employees have given notice for observing one-day long hunger strike on Friday. Over 1.5 lakh BSNL employees and more than 20,000 MTNL employees have been facing severe hardships for several months due to delay and non-payment of salary.

While the salary of 1.58 lakh BSNL employees for the last month has not been paid so far, the situation in the case of 22,000 MTNL employees was even worse as their salary for August and September has not been paid. However, following the story by FE Online, the management of both BSNL and MTNL have promised to pay the salary to their employees before Diwali.