Langmei VA
IMPHAL, May 24: The Langmei (Ritiang/Chiang) VA has decided to take step against any threat to DIET, Tamei Headquarters. A statement issued by the chairman of Langmei VA, P Lungpadbow also appealed the DIET, Tamei and the students to discharge their duty .....
Govt signs MoU with UPPK
IMPHAL, May 24: A home-coming ceremony of UPPK leaders and cadres was held today at 1st MR banquet hall during which a tripartite Me-morandum of Understanding was signed between the outfit, Government of Manipur and Government of India. Chief Minister .....
Muivah states stand to titular king
IMPHAL, May 24: “Nagas and Meiteis should decide for their own future and our future will be the outcome of this de-cision”, stated NSCN-IM Ato Kilonser Thuingaleng Muivah during a meeting with titular king Leishemba Sanajaoba at Hebron, Dimapur. .....
N/East Mt Everest Expedition ends
IMPHAL, May 24: With the successful summit to Mt Eve-rest by Manish Deka from Assam today at 5.45am, the record setting 1st NE India Mt Everest Expedition came to an end. The total number of successful Everesters from the expedition team stands at 11......
Ukhrul protest
UKHRUL, May 24: More than 1500 Anganwadi Workers and Helpers staged sit in protest at Ukhrul Mini Secretariat Complex today demand- ing payment of their pending twelve months honorarium. Later in the afternoon, a memorandum addressed to the Minister o.....
Flaws in Govt's Agri policy
IMPHAL, May 24: At a time when the Government of India is putting in serious effort to develop agriculture and allied sectors by pumping in additional fund, the State Government is currently pain-ting a contrasting picture. According to an official sou.....
KNF officer shot dead
IMPHAL, May 24: Comman-ding officer of KNF’s Ebenezer Camp HS Shanty Kipgen was shot dead by some unidentified persons at around 10 pm of May 23. Some 7/8 unidentified persons came to the house one Bimola located just beside Fo-rest Beat Office near.....
Fund boost to Mary's goal
NEW DELHI, May 24: The sports ministry has given in-principle approval for a grant of Rs 309.56 lakh to Olympic medallist Mary Kom's Regional Boxing Foundation at Imphal for construction of a gymnasium hall and procurement of equipments. The grant, to .....
Parents' body
IMPHAL, May 24: Close on the heels of 15 school children collapsing inside an overcrowded school van yesterday, All Manipur Guardian Stuents Organisation (AMSGO) has demanded that strict instruction be given by Education Minister to van drivers not to cra.....
Cultural prog
IMPHAL, May 24: A one day cultural and musical exchange programme was held today at Senapati Public Ground under the aegis of Senapati District Students’ Association (SDSA) and Kuki Students’ Organisa-tion, Sadar Hills (KSO-SH). The programme held .....
Centre naive on NH protection force plan
IMPHAL, May 24: Despite continuous demand from va-rious sections for deployment of highway protection force (HPF) to ensure safe passage of vehicle operators and pas-sengers along the national highways connecting Manipur to other parts of the country, the.....
Screening for Cervical Cancer
By Dr BabinaThangjam When Ashangbi Devi (name changed) started having regular bouts of back pain and watery vaginal discharge, she instinctively knew something was not right.She started experiencing all thesemany years after her menopause and at first, s.....
“Go for gospel music”
By Rev L Simon Raomai Rock music is in the air virtually everywhere today. It is a captivate music culture which originated from western world. It is popularized from packed sports arena to advertisements that peddle everything from movie sound tracks an.....
Traditional healing methods with special reference to Manipur
By Dr K Paochunbou (Contd from previous issue) But Scientists know that the bitter taste is caused by a toxin- “tetracyclic trieterpenoid cucurbitacin compound” and such toxin can cause vomiting of blood, severe diarrhoea, severe ulcers, fatal, st.....
School vans : Packed like sardines The wake up call
It did not end in a disaster. A providential escape ? Whatever, the warning cannot and should not be ignored. Packed like sardines in a can. This is perhaps the closest description of school vans all over Imphal and the other towns of Manipur, like Churac.....
KKSDDA warns
IMPHAL, May 24: Highlighting the scores of inconveniences faced by the people of Kasom Khullen Subdivision due to prolonged absence of responsible SDO/BDO and delayed in inauguration of the new office building, the Kasom Khullen Subdivision Development As.....
Successful candidates congratulated
IMPHAL, May 24: The Thoubal Police has congratulated Kshetrimayum Thoithoinganba Meitei s/o Ksh Rajen Singh and Sougrakpam (N) Ksh (O) Nonibala Devi of Thoubal Nongangkhong who secured the 8th position in the HSLC Exam 2013 conducted by the BSEM. A sta.....
KSO reprimands Cdl NRHM
IMPHAL, May 24: Expressing discontentment over the conduct of perfunctory three-day health mela at Joupi village in Khengjoy subdivision from May 17-19 by the NRHM Chandel, the Kuki Students' Organisation played down the health mela saying it was done onl.....
Two UG cadres nabbed
IMPHAL, May 24: A PREPAK cadre reportedly with several criminal records was arrested by a combined team of Thoubal police commandos and 6 Dogra today around 4.10 pm while conducting a search operation at Pallel Bazar. Identifying the arrested PREPAK ca.....
AITSA for change of leadership in Govt
IMPHAL, May 24: The All India Tribal Students’ Association Delhi (AITSA) and the Mongoloid Peoples Forum (MPF), Delhi, expressing apprehension on the virtual lack of sensitivity and the decaying secular character of the State Government, urged the Con.....
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By : Our Staff Reporter
Apprehension of fund misutilisation hangs heavy in the air MPCB caught in a state of inertia
IMPHAL, Dec 7 : Strong apprehension regarding irregularities in the utilization of annual budgetary allocation has emerged in Manipur Pollution Control Board (MPCB).
Reliable sources from the MPSB revealed that utilization of funds has not been audited since the past five years.
Although, the Board is being run under the State Forest and Environment Department, it is mandatory to audit its annual budgetary allocated funds as the Board is a statutory body.
Funds to the Board come not only from the State Government but also from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Ministry of Finance, the sources said.
Although, utilization certificates were sent from time to time to CPCB and Finance Ministry, no staff other than the higher echelons of the Board have any knowledge about the utilization of the funds received from these two sources. Even though the Board must be run under a Chairman, the sources said, it is now not clear whether the post of Chairman is active or not.
As such, no action could be initiated regarding payment of salaries to the staff and needful activities including preparation of fund proposal to be taken up in time, it added.
The sources further said that budgetary allocations for the fiscal year 2011-12 and current fiscal year are Rs 2 Crore and Rs 1.4 Crore respectively.
In the year 2011-12, Rs 98.30 lakh was utilised in payment of salaries and EPF of regular and contract staff, buying of furniture, computer printer, cartridge, vehicle maintenance and fuel charge, print and stationery, telephone, fax and internet charge, electric and water charges, hiring of vehicles for tour programmes and TA and DA charges etc.
In the said fiscal year, Rs 87.50 lakh was utilised in taking up seventeen works that included municipal solid waste management, water quality and water laboratory maintanence, bio-medical waste management, legal issues and legal fees, vehicle emission monitoring, plastic waste management, e-waste management, noise pollution monitoring, upgradation of air laboratory and air quality monitoring, industrial pollution management, information technology, general awareness programme, eco-club programme, office development (building/land), compilation of annual report and development of Langmeidong Eco Park.
Although, most of the works were actuated with the funds from the State Government, some works were also taken up with the funds from CPCB and Finance Ministry.
With the non-release of major chunk of this year’s budgetary allocation of Rs 1.4 lakhs, not only major work could be taken up till date but also employees salaries could not be cleared since August this year.
The sources further said late release of fund in January and February next year could further fuel its misuse.
Chandru
The MPCB exist just for the name shake. they never check the emission and sound decibel of vehicle. The Diesel auto is the number one menace in the the city. The vehicle is never seen in any part of the state. How come they allow such vehicle to ply in the heart of the city ? Who had given permission to bank for it ? The traffic police dept is next to non-existence.
