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Allegations of 76 non-locals enlisted as ST raised
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 29 2019:
Apart from enlisting 76 non-Manipuris as Scheduled Tribe, a huge amount has been swindled after issuing MGNREGS job cards to the non-Manipuris who are staying in rented rooms at Japhou Keithel, Chandel district headquarters.
Speaking to media persons at Japhou Keithel yesterday, Japhou Bazar Authority (JBA) chairman Lordson said that the 76 non-Manipuris were enlisted as STs and given MGNREGS job cards.
As people came to know about this fraudulence, two persons from JBA were forced to step down from their respective posts in June 2018 and new office bearers were appointed in their place, Lordson said.
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Further investigation after new office bearers were elected to JBA confirmed that the matter of enlisting non-Manipuris as ST and issuing job cards was a fact.
The 76 non-local people were enlisted as ST over the past 11 years.
Memoranda were submitted to Government officials concerned including the DC to remove the 76 non-locals from the list of ST people but to no avail so far, Lordson decried.
In the meantime, a huge amount of money released in the name of the 76 non-locals under MGNREGS were misappropriated.
Rs 7.20 lakh was withdrawn in 2011, Rs 7.50 lakh in 2012, Rs 3.25 lakh in 2016, Rs 2.55 lakh in 2017 and Rs 3.54 lakh in 2018, he alleged.
There is a strong suspicion that some Government officials were also involved in withdrawing these amounts fraudulently, Lordson continued.
On the other hand, there are many controversies in Chandel district regarding the North Eastern Region Community Resource Management Project (NERCORMP) which is jointly implemented by the NEC and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) under the Ministry of DoNER.
Altogether 7500 people/farmers of Chandel district are eligible to receive benefits from NERCORMP.
Calculated at the rate of Rs 15,000 per beneficiary, the total amount sanctioned for Chandel district is around Rs 112.50 crore, Lordson said.
MGNREGS wages for 2018-19 have not been released yet for Chandel district and all these matters have been apprised to the DC and other officials concerned, he said.
He added that JBA would be constrained to launch different modes of agitation if the Government does not take up positive action and non-release of funds at the earliest.
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