Siamchinthang Tangpua
Officials of District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) Churachandpur refuted Imphal Times report appeared on November 21 issue under the heading “Job card holders of Ccpur not getting their dues” saying that it was one sided and baseless.
However minutes of the meeting of Empower Committee (EC) which was held recently discussed anticipated labour damaged of Manipur financial year 2013-14 that the state government has not fully release it pending backlog of the state.
Churachandpur district has a total of 57089 household registration, along with 116390 number of person registrations, where as ten TD Blocks.
According to a reliable sources, in a remote and hilly villages of the district are under BPL families, and people are living hand-to-mouth, all the people of this areas are depending on Job Cards which was under MGNERGA.
The sources said the Empower Committee requested Manipur state government to give special attention to vulnerable sections of the rural society as per MGNERGA Operational Guidelines-2013, but here in the hilly areas funds under the act were diverted or embezzled, and huge amounts of funds were diverted.