Tribal chiefs
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 28 2015 :
Expressing deep dissatisfaction with the manner in which funds under the MGNREGS have been utilised and implemented in Chandel, Senapati, Tamenglong and Ukhrul districts, the All Tribal Chief Forum has threatened to launch intense agitation if the Government fails to make the DRDA as the nodal agency within a given time frame.
In a statement issued to the press today, the chief forum said that the matter would be highlighted to the Centre through memoranda.
Bandhs and dharnas will be staged as part of the agitation in all the hill districts under the banner of the All Tribal Chief Forum, Manipur.
The bandhs and dharnas will be staged on the same day and date which will be stipulated later.
It has also been decided that a seminar or an assembly may be conducted under the banner of All Tribal Chief Forum.
After minutely discussing the issue, it has also been resolved that a meeting will be held with the Chairman of the Hill Area Committee to discuss the progress, condition and discussion taken up by the Government regarding the new land use policy and Village Authority Act, 1956 .
The decision was taken during a meeting of the All Tribal Chief Forum on MGNREGS fund implementation and Village Authority Act at Sangaiprou community hall on February 26 .