Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 07:
Raising the pitch against the fraudulent withdrawal of funds for road construction and black topping in the hill districts, FPM MLA Samuel Jendai from Tamenglong AC has today demanded that the Government should book all the guilty Ministers and officials and give them fitting punishment.
Speaking to The Sangai Express, the MLA said that the interior parts of the hill districts have been virtually cut off from the rest of the State as the roads and bridges there have not been repaired or constructed for years.
A large quantity of bitumen have been siphoned off in the name of black topping the roads, alleged the MLA.
Elaborating Jendai said that 110 metric tonnes of bitumen were taken in two phases for black topping the road connecting Khongshang and Tamenglong, but till date not a single stretch of the road has been tarred, he added.
The case of the missing bitumen should be treated on a priority basis, said the MLA adding that the matter should be probed thoroughly and the guilty punished.
The Chief Minister will be doing a great favour to the people of Manipur if he gets his act together and drop all the tainted Ministers from the Council of Ministers and replace them with fresh MLAs.