{"id":60656,"date":"2019-02-18T01:42:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T20:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=60656"},"modified":"2019-02-18T01:42:11","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T20:12:11","slug":"union-alleges-fund-misappropriation-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2019\/02\/18\/union-alleges-fund-misappropriation-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Union alleges fund misappropriation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>Staff Reporter<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ITANAGAR, Feb 17:<\/strong> The Kargu Kardi Students&#8217; Union (KKSU) has alleged misappropriation of fund to the tune of Rs 30,00,000 meant for the construction of an auditorium-cum-community hall in Liromoba town in West Siang district, claiming that the asset in question &#8220;does not exist.&#8221;<br \/>\nAlso claiming that higher authorities have ignored repeated complaints from the union, the KKSU said it would stage a protest outside the deputy commissioner&#8217;s office in Aalo on 6 March.<br \/>\nAddressing reporters at the press club here on Sunday, KKSU president Tuko Gako said the auditorium was to be constructed by the district rural development agency (DRDA) under the 2016-17 social and infrastructure development fund (SIDF).<br \/>\n&#8220;The DRDA, Aalo, has paid a bill amounting to Rs 28,07,962 to the contractor for a building that does not even exist,&#8221; Gako said.<br \/>\nPresenting copies of RTI documents, Gako said the work commencement date of the auditorium reads 29 March, 2017, and its completion date reads 31 March, 2017.<br \/>\n&#8220;How can a building as large as an auditorium be constructed and completed in two days&#8217; time?&#8221; he questioned, and said the already completed gaon burah dere&#8217;s (hall) photographs were shown as evidence of the completion of the auditorium.<br \/>\nIn this regard, the KKSU wrote to the West Siang DC on 16 July, 2018, and on 6 February 2019, and to the chief secretary on 5 September, 2018, besides lodging a complaint at the Aalo police station on 14 July, 2018.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are yet to receive any communication in the matter,&#8221; Gako said.<br \/>\nThe union is seeking action against the officials and individuals in charge of the project at the time, and is demanding that the fund be utilized for the intended project.<br \/>\nKKSU convenor Kenjom Gadi reiterated that if the authorities do not take appropriate action, the union would stage a peaceful protest outside the West Siang DC&#8217;s office on 6 March.<br \/>\nHe appealed to student unions and NGOs of the district to support the cause and be a part of the protest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff Reporter ITANAGAR, Feb 17: The Kargu Kardi Students&#8217; Union (KKSU) has alleged misappropriation of fund to the tune of Rs 30,00,000 meant for the construction of an auditorium-cum-community hall in Liromoba town in West Siang district, claiming that the asset in question &#8220;does not exist.&#8221; Also claiming that higher authorities have ignored repeated complaints [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-60656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60656\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}