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PRISM moves ACB alleging funds misuse
Aizawl,
Dec
5:
The
PRISM
(People's
Right
To
Information
and
Development
Implementing
Society
of
Mizoram)
submitted
an
FIR
to
the
state
Anti-Corruption
Branch
(ACB)
for
the
twelfth
time
against
the
alleged
misappropriation
of
funds
under
the
North
Eastern
Council
(NEC)-funded
Maintenance
of
Completed
Roads
Scheme
for
Kawrthah
and
neighbouring
villages.
PRISM president Vanlalruata said here today, ''The NEC had sanctioned Rs 140 lakh, Rs 200 lakh and Rs 50 lakh in 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 respectively, amounting to Rs 390 lakhs.
However, the state PWD maintained that it had received Rs 45.99 lakh, Rs 45 lakh, Rs 181.60 lakh and Rs 39 lakh in 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2006-07 respectively, totalling Rs 311.59 lakh.'' The difference, Rs 78.41 lakhs, between the sanctioned amount and expenditure amount indicated gross misutilisation of public funds, the PRISM alleged in its FIR.
''This is our twelfth FIR to the ACB. But as far as misutilisation of public money is concerned, it is only the tip of the iceberg. We are going to probe the root of the misappropriation,'' the PRISM president added.
UNI
