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SILCHAR: Workers of Cachar and Nagaon Paper Mills, units of the state-owned Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited, have decided to put up blockades at NH-6 and NH-37 on September 26 to demand reopening of the two mills. NH-6 connects Silchar with Shillong while NH-37 connects Silchar with Imphal HPC Paper Mills Revival Action Committee chief convener Manabendra Chakraborty on Tuesday said the blockades will be held from 9 am to 1pm. We assume that the government, both at the Centre and in the state, has surrendered itself before corporate interests. "We feel that the government lacks the will to resume production because it is pandering to the whims of private players. However, the state government is delaying the issue at a time when the employees' salaries have been stuck for nearly 21 months now, he said, adding that 37 employees have died due to starvation and lack of access to medical facilities..