Shillong, Oct 15: The Meghalaya government has released Rs 79.5 crore to the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) in order for pending salaries to be cleared.

Rs 11 crore is towards dues payable to the GHADC, while Rs 68.5 crore is an advance payment against future royalties.

Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma today informed that the money has been released to an escrow account, which is meant specifically for salary disbursement. This account will be monitored to ensure that the funds are used only for salary purposes. With this amount, the district council will now be in a position to release 12 months’ of salary backlogs for its employees.

“I want to make it very clear that the decision is simple and clear: this is not an additional amount that we’re giving to them (GHADC). Thi

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