KanglaOnline:
Imphal: Thursday, 31 December 2015.
December 30:
BJP Manipur general secretary Laimayum Basanta Sharma claimed today that the
concerned authorities of the Thoubal Municipal Council has failed to reply to
an RTI application seeking details of a total of Rs 7 crore sanctioned by the
Centre for construction of low cost sanitary latrines.
Speaking to
media persons at the BJP Manipur office, he claimed that Rs 7,12,14,000 was sanctioned
to the Thoubal Municipal Council for the construction of low cost latrines for
the poor beneficiaries.
He said it is
suspected that the funds have been misused after providing around 200 low
quality bricks and some Rs 4000 to the beneficiaries.
At the same
time it is also learnt that the councillor has claimed that the scheme has been
carried out, he said.
He also
claimed that funds have been withdrawn using counterfeit signatures of the
Executive Officer Thoubal Municipal Council.
He said in
regards to the issue, some activists had applied an RTI seeking a detailed
report of the total number of beneficiaries of the scheme under the municipal
council, the total amount sanctioned to beneficiaries and the total number of
low cost sanitary latrines constructed so far.
He further
claimed that there has been no reply from the authorities to the application.
Basanta said
the BJP RTI cell convenor Mongjam Poireihenba will filed a similar RTI
application in this regard tomorrow.
The BJP will
seek a detailed report on the issue and a housing scheme, he said.
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