Ri Bhoi village toilet scheme embezzlement
NONGPOH: The Sordar of the Raid Kyrdem has rubbished allegations of embezzlement in the toilets scheme under the Total Sanitation Campaign levelled against him by CSWO.
Briefing media persons at the office of the Raid Kyrdem on Monday, Sordar Pholning Makdoh and secretary of Raid Kyrdem Amberlight Masharing said the accusations made by CSWO president Agnes Kharshïing and one Helin Lawai of Upper Klew village are baseless and aimed at defaming the Raid Kyrdem.
“Helin Lawai is trying to tarnish my image by making false allegations without knowing the traditional customary laws of the Raid Kyrdem,” Makdoh said, adding that there was “no such village by the name of Upper Klew in the files of the Raid Kyrdem but Klew village which has been recognised by the Raid”.
According to CSWO, Makdoh had received over Rs 1.47 lakh for the Total Sanitation Campaign, which was meant for construction of toilets for as many as 137 beneficiaries. However, as per CSWO, several villagers, including Lawai, had not received the benefit of the scheme.
Refuting the charge, Makdoh alleged that a section of the villagers refused to implement the scheme during his tenure as the headman of Klew village as they wanted to create a separate hamlet of Upper Klew.
He went on to claim that Lawai, a resident of Klew, aspired to be the headman of the new village that would have only a few households within its jurisdiction. The executive members of the Raid Kyrdem, who are also headmen of various villages falling under the Raid, also denied the allegations that the Sordar was levying taxes on the farmers in the area.
