MCL agrees to reinstate terminated employees

Odisha Channel Bureau Bhubaneswar, July 22: As a goodwill gesture, Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has agreed to reinstate in service all the 122 Hensmul villagers without the pre-condition of submission of affidavit that that they will immediately vacate their dwellings.The villagers would have to handover their land and vacate their structures by the end of October 2014, according to a press release issued by MCL.The company has agreed to reinstate all the 122 terminated people of Hensmul village in Odisha’s Angul district without the break in service as well as rehabilitation to a new site, as a result of tripartite meetings held between MCL management, villagers and the district administration.