Officials stealing Mid Day Meal rice: KSO
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Kakching, April 13 2015 :
Mid Day Meal (MDM) rice meant for school students is regularly stolen by District & Block in-charge of Chandel district, the Kuki Students' Organisation (KSO) Chandel District alleged on Monday.
Informing about the Mid Day Meal rice being misappropriated, Doumang Haokip, president of KSO Chandel District said that as per the guidelines of the scheme, the authority should distribute the Mid Day Meal rice according to the number of students enrolled in each school.
However, contrary to the guideline, Koireng, DI who is a District in-charge of Mid Day Meal distributed 50 kg of MDM rice to every school irrespective of the number of students, added the KSO leader.
Haokip further said that for effective implementation of Mid Day Meal Scheme in the district, there is an agreement between the students' organisation and the District/Block in-charge of MDMS to deliver the rice at the door step of every school or to deliver it at the Block Headquarters.
But, the District and Block in-charge of the scheme continue to distribute the rice at his whim in Pallel and Sugnu despite the agreement, said Haokip.
While condemning the action of officer Koireng and his accomplices involved in the misappropriation, he appealed to the authority concerned to investigate the matter and take up stringent action against.
If the authority fails to take up action against these wrongdoers, KSO will be compelled to launch intense agitation, he warned.