AIMS seeks clarification on fund discrepancy under NGC
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 11 2019:
Apunba Ireipak Maheiroi Sinpanglup (AIMS) has urged the authorities concerned to look into the discrepancy of fund, which was sanctioned under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, GoI, to Manipur Pollution Control Board (MPCB) to undertake National Green Corps (NGC) in the State while warning to launch agitations if the authorities concerned fails to disclose the details of the matter to the public.
Speaking to media persons at AIMS office in Kwakeithel, its president said that although more than Rs 14.35 crore was sanctioned to MPCB to undertake cleanliness and environmental campaign at 4100 schools, colleges and hospitals in Manipur, the sanctioned fund was utilised only at a few schools/college/hospitals of each districts.
He maintained that the fund was sanctioned so that a sum of Rs 3500 was sanctioned in a year to each school, college and hospital for the total 16 districts of Manipur, to take up environmental awareness, environmental conservation and sustainable development programmes.
He informed that AIMS filed an RTI in May last year enquiring about the management of the fund sanctioned to MPCB adding that after receiving the documents from the Ministry, which indicated that necessary fund was given to keep the surrounding areas clean like installing dustbins, the organisation found that only 10-20 schools, colleges and hospitals in each districts benefited from the fund while the remaining institutes were left out.
He further stated that the State Government, with an objective to implement NGC effectively, constituted District Implementation and Monitoring Committee (DIMC) in which the DC is the chairman while SP, DFO, Executive Engineer of PHED, ZEO were appointed as members.
AIMS president further demanded the authority concerned to clarify the variation in fund supply at the institutes while warning that the organisation will launch different forms of agitation if the matter is not disclosed to all at the earliest.