'MsDP funds being misused'
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 02 2011:
Pointing out that no developmental works have been seen related to the released ' 8,85,66,000 under the Multi Sectoral Development Programmes (MsDP) for Tamenglong district, it is feared that the huge amount has been misused, the District Protection Joint Forum (DIPJOF), Tamenglong district has alleged and have an investigation into the matter.
"We are very much grateful to the Ministry of Minority Affairs and the state government for their concern for developmental works.
But it is very sad to see that the money does not reach to the needy people/areas," a statement of the DIPJOF said.
MsDP is a flagship programme for the welfare of the people and it is also a time bound programme and works under this head has to be executed within a time frame.
The amount, ' 8,85,66,000, was meant for works to be taken up during the fiscal year 2010-11 which ended March 31 .
The DIPJOF learnt work orders were issued in Imphal at the Tamenglong ADC branch office by the DRDA executive director.
Work orders for the construction of 90 primary schools, 23 junior high schools, 75 anganwadi centres and 12 water supply schemes had been issued during the 2010-11 fiscal year.
Not a single work has been implemented in the district till date.
No one has seen any primary school, junior high school, anganwadi centre and water supply scheme being implemented in Tamenglong district during the year, the statement alleged.
"The DIPJOF has found that such a huge amount of public money has been misused by some officers with vested interests conniving with unscrupulous money mongers in the district," the statement alleged while reiterating their demand for an investigation into the matter.
If the concerned authority/ministry fails to initiate an investigation and book the culprit(s) as per law, DIPJOF will take up various forms of agitations against the misuse of public funds in the interest of the public, the statement said which also reacted to the news item of work orders issued as reported in Hueiyen Lanpao (English Edition) on April 29 under the caption "Tamenglong gets ' 8.83 cr" .
The statement says, the news report has misguided the people and that the report was nothing but a cover up of the mismanagement of public money by the Tamenglong DRDA office.