Members accused the Chairman of delay in payment. Awakening
Jagran Correspondent, Sitamarhi. The District Council meeting held on Saturday at Paricharcha Bhawan located in the Collectorate was chaired by Zip President Aditi Kumari. The decisions taken in the general meeting on March 29 were unanimously confirmed in the meeting.
In the meeting, it was also decided to take a supplement by confirming all the plans for the financial year 2021 to 2025-26. During the proceedings, when the Chairman lodged an objection, the members were asked to vote by show of hands.
On this, member Naval Kishore Raut said that if majority is proved in the voting, then the Speaker should consider leaving the post on moral grounds. After this, 400 development schemes of the 15th Finance Commission, Fifth and Sixth Finance Commission with a total amount of about Rs 32 crore were unanimously approved.
Under these schemes, it is proposed to carry out construction of PCC roads, passenger sheds, public toilets, sheds in crematoriums and other basic development works in all the Zilla Parishad areas of the district. During the meeting many members made serious allegations against the Speaker. Member Nagendra Yadav said in the House that complaints of commission embezzlement in the implementation of schemes, unnecessary delay in providing dongles and deliberately slowing down the pace of development works are continuously coming to the fore.
Members Guddu Praveen and Sandeep Thakur alleged that after completion of the scheme, site inspection and investigation report is a condition for payment. Members also alleged that even after installation of dongles, payments are delayed by the authorities, raising suspicion that the works are being deliberately stopped.
Vice President Sanjha Devi said that as per the rules, four meetings should have been held in a year, but instead of 16 meetings in four years, only four meetings have been organized, which is against the rules. Out of total 38 members, three members remained absent in the meeting.
Apart from Deputy Development Commissioner cum Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Kumar, District Councilor Nandu Yadav, Alamgir, Naval Kishore Raut, Sunil Kumar alias Sanjay Pramukh, Sandeep Thakur, Bharat Mahato, Dayanand Baitha, Praveen Kumar Guddu, Bindu Devi, Pooja Devi, Sushila Devi, Janaki Kumari and many Zilla Parishad members were present in the meeting.