The Shillong Times: Shilong: Friday, June 23, 2017.
In a case of
alleged nepotism, the lucrative business of collection of parking fee in prime
areas in the city has been allotted to Steve Lyngdoh, brother of Urban Affairs
Minister Ronnie V Lyngdoh.
Documents
obtained through the RTI Act reveal that the contract of collecting parking fee
in various areas of the city have been allotted to different people but the
fees are being collected by Steve Lyngdoh.
The RTI reply
given by the Shillong Municipal Board says that Bernard Dohkrud was awarded the
tender for Motphran Parking Lot.
However, a
letter from Dohkrud to the Shillong Municipal Board claims that Steve Lyngdoh,
a resident of Laitumkhrah, is handling the collection of the parking fee for
the Jaiaw Stand Parking Lot at Motphran.
The RTI
documents also reveal that collection of parking fee from the roadside between
Motphran and Qualapatty was allotted to Marchborn Nongsiej.
However,
Nongsiej also wrote to the Board saying that he is not involved in the
collection and Steve Lyngdoh was managing the same.
When contacted,
the Urban Affairs minister dismissed the allegations as far from truth.
He, however,
added that he would examine the matter for the sake of clarity.
Sources in
the Shillong Municipal Board informed that the Board is contemplating to invite
fresh tenders for parking spaces in the city.