No 20-day work executed in Sawombung GP: GP member
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 13 2024:
Oinam Sawombung gram panchayat member Thoudam Achouba has clarified that no work for 20 days under MGNREGS was taken up in area covered by Oinam Sawombung gram panchayat under Lilong assembly constituency.
Addressing media persons at Manipur Press Club, here, on Friday, Achouba said that the Lilong AC MLA had sent a letter to initiate work under MGNREGS in Oinam Sawombung gram panchayat ward number 8.However, instead of taking up the work under his guidance, the MLA assigned the said work to the election committee.
Disturbingly, it came to light that the work was executed by people of Wangoi AC through daily payment of wages, the report of which was carried in local dailies on January 9 and 10, Achouba maintained, while clarifying that he and his wife, who is a member of the gram panchayat, were not involved in the execution of the work in any way.