Employees of the Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Ltd (BVFCL) have expressed deep concern over the future of the company, even as a new 12 lakh MT fertiliser plant is set to be established on its premises at Namrup in Assam’s Dibrugarh district.

Workers allege that the government is “in the process of closing down BVFCL”, pointing to a series of high-level meetings held this month to advance an earlier decision to shut down or disinvest several central public sector enterprises (CPSEs).

Responding to the employees’ apprehensions, BVFCL Chairman-cum-Managing Director Mohan Raj Shetty told PTI that the company is now showing “positive results” due to improved performance. “It is an old order of 2022. A meeting was called at the secretary level, though we were not invited,” he said

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