IMPHAL, August 4: The Upper Takou Village Authority has submitted a representation complaining to the Deputy Commissioner of Tamenglong District for the misappropriation of funds in respect of the Integrated Watershed Management Program (IWMP) at old Takou village, it said in a press statement.
The representation said that the watershed committee was formed in connivance with the local politicians without the knowledge and consent of the existing local Village Authority in contravention of the existing Administrative Guidelines, otherwise known as ‘Common Guidelines for Watershed Development Project 2008’ issued by the Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, it said.
The representation alleged that Kasutlakbou and his group has formed the IWMP Watershed Committee in the name of Santing Village further saying that the Santing Village had been deserted for the past 20 years during Kuki-Naga ethnic clash, it said.
It is further said that social audit is also not allowed contrary to the existing guidelines of the concerned ministry.
There is no provision to make physical, financial and social audit of the works undertaken which justifies illegal implication in the work, it charged.
The said committee led by Kasutlakbou had not maintained transparent accounting measures and further charged that there is full of illegal practices which are punishable under the law, it said.