Parliamentary team inspects, raises posers
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 20 2016:
Apart from
reviewing many projects taken
up in the State under Rural
Development, the
Parliamentary Standing
Committee which arrived here
yesterday has raised a number
of questions regarding
projects/schemes taken up in
the State under the Ministry of
Rural Development.
The team headed by its
chairman Dr Venugopal in-
spected sanitation and
drinking water supply
schemes as well as roads
constructed under PMGSY at
Haraorou and Top Dushera
in Imphal East district this
morning.
Later they held a review
meeting about schemes/
projects taken up under Rural
Development in the confer-
ence hall of the Old
Secretariat.
PHED Additional Chief
Secretary WL Hangshing,
Rural Development Principal
Secretary JC Ramthanga,
Revenue Commissioner K
Radhakumar, SBI and UBI
officials were also present at
the review meeting.
During the meeting, the
Parliamentary team asked a
number of questions to the
State officials.
On their part, State Gov-
ernment officials pointed that
only Rs 277.23 crore has
been sanctioned so far against
Rs 1838.31 crore entitled to
the State during the current
financial year under
MGNREGS.
As such, the
State Government is facing a
precarious situation and is in
not a position to provide 100
days' jobs to MGNREGS
workers.
They also highlighted cer-
tain problems/points like
shortfalls in solid waste man-
agement work in rural areas,
construction of lesser number
of houses under AAY in ru-
ral areas, receiving lesser
amount of funds sanctioned
under PMGSY, escalation in
costs due to delay in execu-
tion of PMGSY works,
landslide prevention meas-
ures, mode of distribution of
wages to MGNREGS work-
ers in Tamenglong and
Ukhrul, quality of drinking
water provided in rural areas
and technology used in sup-
plying drinking water in rural
areas.
After the review meeting,
Chief Secretary O Nabakishore handed over a list of 16 questions/raised by the Parliamentary
committee to the Rural Development Principal Secretary and to
submit a detailed clarification to the Lok Sabha Secretariat within
seven days, conveyed an official source.