SSA fund
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 01 2014:
Ramyo Zinghai, President, SMDC, Ukhrul District, today claimed that the MLA of Chingai and his workers formed an ad hoc SMDC committee and had misused the fund which was meant to utilise for the development of SSA schools.
Speaking to reporters in Hotel Tampha, North AOC, Ramyo Zinghai, stated that the fund did not reached the SSA schools' management departments and it was learned that fund amounting to Rs 5 lakh had been pocketed by the MLA while 3 lakhs of rupees were distributed to his workers.
He also alleged that the MLA is undertaking the SSA school construction as per his personal convenience.
R Thernem, Secretary, SMDC, Senapati District, also asserted that the ZEO of senapati District and the authority concerned had pocketed the SSA fund by forming an ad hoc SMDC.
He added the under construction SSA schools lack a quality maintenance.
He further warned that the SMDC of Ukhrul and Senapati District along with the All Hill area Association will resort to rigorous agitation in case the department concerned fails to look into the matter at the earliest.