West Garo Hills, Sept. 5 -- A mega protest rally in support of the demands of the employees of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) for the release of their dues was organized in the Tura region of the West Garo Hills district of the state of Meghalaya on Thursday.

Several social organizations, student bodies, and civil society groups together took part in the protest rally to register a strong protest over the delay in payment of salaries.

A conglomerate of organizations, including the Garo Students Union and several social outfits, marched alongside hundreds of salary-deprived staff of the district council as they made their way through the main thoroughfares of Tura town on Thursday.

Speaking to the media, an employee,...