Pradhan refutes, clarifies
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 13 2015 :
Pradhan of Khonghampat GP and chairman of Village Water and Sanitation Committee, Khonghampat, Yengkhom Muhindro has strongly refuted the allegation, as reported in the media, on the withdrawal of funds sanctioned for construction of low cost sanitary latrines under NBA in Ward No 1 and 3 of Khonghampat GP without constructing the same or leaving them incomplete.
Speaking to reporters today, Muhindro said that it was very unfortunate that Adhyaksha of Imphal West ZP Y Dasumati made such misleading statement.
He clarified that construction of 40 low cost sanitary latrines out of 100 sanctioned for the year 2014-15 has already been completed and construction of the remaining latrines is in progress.
The Govt had conducted a survey for the project three years back and the nomenclature of the project has been now changed to Swachh Bharat Mission.
In the beginning, the Govt and the beneficiary had shared the cost of construction by sanctioning Rs 5,100 and Rs 900 respectively.
Now the fund has been increased to 12,000.No beneficiary has to share the cost.
Muhindro also challenged the Adhyaksha to come out if any beneficiary of the GP had not been given the amount sanctioned by the Govt in full.
The Adhyaksha might have not been aware of the fact that the sanitary latrine is sanctioned only to those who could not afford to construct one such latrine, he said.