Non-disbursal of MGNREGS wage
Source: The Sangai Express
Tamenglong, October 30 2016:
Though it has been 15 days, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Generation Scheme (MGNREGS) wages for labourers in Tamei are yet to be disbursed for reasons best known to the village authority concerned, reports our correspondent.
The whereabouts of the money withdrawn by the village authority between October 14 and October 15 is still clueless.
Reliable sources informed that the funds had been diverted for celebrating local cultural carnival "Chaga-Ngee" on October 30 .
Leaving aside village roads, culverts and other important works which are in dire state which need urgent repair, the local labourers were instructed to construct a traditional Liangmai Naga house (Morung) for Chaga-Ngee festival with the MGNREGS funds which otherwise should be organized and borne by the Council and local organizations.