IMPHAL, June 21: MGNREGS Workers Welfare Association, Kyamgei has today demanded full remuneration of all working days under the MGNREGS for all job card holders of the Kyamgei Gram panchayat.
Speaking to media persons at the Manipur Press Club, today, spokesperson H Loidang Devi said that the job card holders are made to work only for a day and paid only Rs 144 each.
She continued that the Pradhan has collected their bank passbook and has paid only Rs 144 to each job card holders.
Rs 1008 were found credited in their passbooks, she said, however since the passbooks are with the Pradhan, they cannot withdraw the amount, she claimed.
Meanwhile, pressing another allegation, she said that the members of the Kyamgei Zilla Parishad have collected their remuneration of all the job card holders for the construction of the eastern side of Kyamgei Youth Pioneer Club and handed the 207 job card holders only Rs 300 each though there has been no construction work at the club premise.
The bank passbook of all the job card holders are in the possession of the Pradhan and the members, she said before adding that altogether there are 8 wards and 1100 job card holders in Kyamgei Gram Panchayat.
She further appealed the concerned authority to look into the matter before it goes worst of MGNERGS.