Fraudulent withdrawal
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 17 2011:
A huge amount of fund meant for payment of wages under MGNREGS to the job card holders of Pallel Gram Pan-chayat ward no.1/11 have been allegedly withdrawn without their knowledge by the ward member and the Pradhan.
Taking serious note of the matter, the aggrieved job card holders today descended on the office of Deputy Commissioner of Thoubal to surrender their respective job cards.
However, as the Deputy Commi- ssioner was found to be out of station, they decided to wait for a couple of days.
Talking to mediapersons in this connection, convenor of MGNREGS Job Card Holders' Association, Ward no.1/11, Pallel S Binodkumari informed that the wages have been found to have been withdrawn without the knowledge of the job card holders at least four times by the Ward member.
The job card holders were in the dark as their job cards as well as the bank pass books have been lying in the custody of the Ward member since 2008 .