Source: The Imphal Free Press
Imphal, December 28:
The Union minister of state for home, ID Swami, promised to look for means to release funds from the Centre's non lapsable pool towards bailing the state out and assisting in its developmental work, according to a source.
The minister indicated this during a meeting with high level government officials at the Raj Bhavan today.
In particular, Swami told the meeting that the Centre would release Rs 58 crore for the proposed Rs 92 crore, Imphal city sewerage project from the non lapsable pool, according to the source.
It may be recalled the French government agreed to provide the remaining Rs 34 crore.
Swami also told the officials that another Rs 130 has already been sanctioned for the heavy fuel power project being undertaken.
He also expressed the desire to see the project commissioned at the soonest.
The minister further expressed optimism that the Centre may agree to a special financial package for the state after the current financial year.
He also urged the officials to give more time and energy to implementing Central as well as the state's own developmental schemes.
On their part, the state officials impressed the minister of the state government's helplessness because of the acute financial crisis the state is in at the moment.