IMC identifies 'Ghost contractor'
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 06 2022:
The caretaker mayor of Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) L Lokeshwar has said that the hitherto unknown special contractor GG Rongmei, who is accused of swindling huge fund from the IMC, turns out to be caretaker corporator of IMC ward No 1 Gangmei Gaidon Rongmei.
Informing this during a press meet here on Monday, Lokeshwar said that a seven-member committee was constituted to investigate the matter after MLA Kh Joykisan claimed of a ghost contractor swindling huge fund from the Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC).
The committee found out the real identity of the contractor.
He is Gangmei Gaidon Rongmei, son of Khamsingam Gangmei of Thangmeiband Tarung village.
He has also confessed to the committee that he is GG Rongmei.
Consequently, IMC will submit a report to the authority concerned for further action, he said.
Lokeshwar further said that IMC has instructed its engineering section to complete all the ongoing projects in the 27 wards of the corporation.
Besides, he will personally visit the project sites and inspect the progress for early completion, he assured.