Govt releases Rs 171 cr pending dues to MTNL to pay salaries

Both BNSL and MTNL have failed to pay salaries of their employees for last month, according to employees’ representatives

The Government has released pending dues of Rs 171 crore to cash-strapped MTNL for paying February salaries to employees, a senior official said.

On the other hand, BSNL will clear salary dues of around Rs 850 crore by March 20 from its internal accruals.

Both companies have failed to pay salaries of their employees for last month, according to employees’ representatives.

BSNL Chairman and managing director (MD) Anupam Shrivastava said the company expects internal accruals of around Rs 850 crore in this month and the entire amount will be used for disbursal of salaries.