26th Sep 2022 11:09:PM State
Eastern Sentinel Arunachal News

ES Reporter 

ITANAGAR, Sep 26:  Save Arunachal Youth Association (SAYA) has demanded the state government to redeposit/recovery of the funds under 14th Finance Commission (FFC) distributed in the rural and urban local bodies under the Panchayati Raj Department (PRD).
Speaking to reporters at the Press Club here, President SAYA, Likha Rajnik said, “As per the guidelines of the 14th Finance Commission, funds should have been distributed equally among the rural and urban local bodies in the districts based on the area’s population”.
Through Right to Information (RTI) documents, it is known that there is a gross violation of distribution and there is no transparency and accountability of the said fund by the Panchayati Raj department, he added.
Claiming that funds have been “partially distributed”, he demanded the state government to provide white paper of the14th Finance Commission funds distributed in the rural and urban local bodies under the PRD. He also demanded for a proper investigation in the matter and called for recovery of the entire amount distributed to various districts for equal and re-distribution of funds among all districts.
Further, refuting the statement of the Government Spokesperson Nyato Dukam on  funds under the PRD were utilized in providing sanitizers, facemask and many other necessary materials to the public during  Covid-19 pandemic, he said that the state government is trying to fool the common public by issuing such false statement.
"No funds of the 14th Finance Commission under the PRD were used for management of Covid-19 situation," he said adding that the state government is providingfalse statement.
Rajnik also sought for early filing of chargesheet by the Special Investigation Cell (SIC) against those officers found guilty in Potin-to-Bopi and Joram to Koloriang road Trans-Arunachal Highway (TAH) compensation scam.
He claimed that the SIC has not done its job properly while informing two officers involved in the scam have re-joined offices as if they have done nothing wrong 
Welcoming the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe in the scam, he appealed the ED for early recovery of misused money and severe punishment to all accused officers of the case. 


Kenter Joya Riba

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