Dimapur, June 6 : Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) said that State PWD Minister has miserably failed to use the available funds for the public.
The NPCC in a statement said that maintenance fund has never been 200-300 crore and the statement was misleading. “Blaming fund reflects his weakness in bargaining requirement in the budget.”
“Minister PWD has copied Modi in fooling people about road maintenance fund. Budget paper shows maintenance fund for State Highways 30.85 Crs during 2015-16 and the same amount in 2016-17. For District and other roads, 44.24 Crs. during 2015-16 and 40 Crs. during 2016-17. Total available during 2016-17 for maintenance is 70.85 Crs. We have not seen any repair work worth appreciating. Where has the money gone? After work-charged salaries, the remaining should be available for pothole repairs.”
Rediculing the present state of affairs, the NPCC said, “When everything is about to collapse, when almost every department is getting ultimatum from concerned citizens, when backdoor appointments without sanctioned posts are the reason of bankruptcy, when the state’s expectation of funds from NDA are under frustration, when funds that come are misused and mismanaged, when people are facing a drought-like situation due to lack of money circulation, BJP’s National Vice President Vinay Saharasbude came and expressed satisfaction in two years’ rule BJP led NDA and NPF led BJP-DAN on June 2.
“When the state is facing the biggest scam under MGNREGA and is under demand for Impartial Inquiry Commission, he lauded Nagaland Government for proper utilization of MGNREGA and assured more funds.”
