Eastern Naga Students’ Federation (ENSF) Wednesday urged the state government to check and scrutinize funds allocated to Eastern Nagaland (Rs. 300 crore special package) under special plan assistance.
The federation also appealed to the state government to approve only fresh works to be undertaken/carried out through the same especially in education sector, health, road transport and communication.
In a statement, ENSF president Hawang T. Wangsha and general secretary Changsang Soted while lauding the central and state governments for acknowledging the backwardness of Tuensang, Mon, Kiphire and Longleng districts, expressed apprehension that the special allocated funds for the region might be misused if not handled and scrutinized appropriately.
ENSF has urged the state government to implement and survey the works/projects minutely so that no misappropriation of funds was detected or workmanship compromised.
The federation said it discourages and opposed the same fund to be diverted to the ongoing works and stated that such one-time special funds should be used judiciously.
While requesting all the departments to give due developmental share to the Eastern districts from the total budget of the state government, ENSF said it would be comparing the funds allocated to the region with the rest of the state districts in the current fiscal year for both state and central funded schemes.
ENSF said that it was working on the distribution of all the funds allocated to districts for the past 3-4 years and assured the government that it would present for necessary remedial action this current financial year.
ENSF reiterated that all contract/supply works within Eastern Nagaland districts should be allocated only to the local indigenous inhabitants and contractors/suppliers of the four Eastern Nagaland districts so as to streamline transparency and accountability of workmanship.
It maybe mentioned that the state chief secretary had earlier clarified that Rs. 300 crore package for Eastern Nagaland was under special plan assistance and the package was neither in place of the demand for a separate state nor it was intended to soften ENPO stand on “Frontier Nagaland”.
The federation also appealed to the state government to approve only fresh works to be undertaken/carried out through the same especially in education sector, health, road transport and communication.
In a statement, ENSF president Hawang T. Wangsha and general secretary Changsang Soted while lauding the central and state governments for acknowledging the backwardness of Tuensang, Mon, Kiphire and Longleng districts, expressed apprehension that the special allocated funds for the region might be misused if not handled and scrutinized appropriately.
ENSF has urged the state government to implement and survey the works/projects minutely so that no misappropriation of funds was detected or workmanship compromised.
The federation said it discourages and opposed the same fund to be diverted to the ongoing works and stated that such one-time special funds should be used judiciously.
While requesting all the departments to give due developmental share to the Eastern districts from the total budget of the state government, ENSF said it would be comparing the funds allocated to the region with the rest of the state districts in the current fiscal year for both state and central funded schemes.
ENSF said that it was working on the distribution of all the funds allocated to districts for the past 3-4 years and assured the government that it would present for necessary remedial action this current financial year.
ENSF reiterated that all contract/supply works within Eastern Nagaland districts should be allocated only to the local indigenous inhabitants and contractors/suppliers of the four Eastern Nagaland districts so as to streamline transparency and accountability of workmanship.
It maybe mentioned that the state chief secretary had earlier clarified that Rs. 300 crore package for Eastern Nagaland was under special plan assistance and the package was neither in place of the demand for a separate state nor it was intended to soften ENPO stand on “Frontier Nagaland”.
