Congress demands KHADC to allot Rs 1.5 cr to each MDC

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaApril 24, 2019

SHILLONG: Opposition Congress in the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) has demanded the United Democratic Alliance-led executive committee to allot share of Rs 1.5 crore of the Rs 52 crore special assistance grant sanctioned by the Centre, to each MDC.

In a letter to the KHADC chief Teinwel Dkhar on Wednesday, Leader of opposition Lamphrang Blah said, “We request the CEM and the EC to kindly ensure that each member of the district council is allotted a sum of Rs 1.5 crore…”

The demand came following the recent decision of the executive committee to allot only Rs 50 lakh to each member of the district council.

Terming the decision as shocking, Blah said that the amount is too less to implement programmes as per the guidelines of the NITI Aayog.

He said the guidelines states that the grant provided under the special assistance sanctioned to areas covered under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution is intended too be used to support and strengthen the delivery of basic services including water supply, sanitation, storm water drainage, maintenance of community assets, road, footpaths, street lighting, burial and cremation ground and any basic service within the function assigned to them under relevant legislation.