Saturday, January 11, 2025
spot_img

Meghalaya govt orders audit into district councils expenses

Date:

Share post:

spot_img
spot_img

 

SHILLONG: Weeks after Meghalaya state BJP unit had sounded alarm over ‘corruption’ taking place in the two Autonomous District Council, the State government has finally ordered an inquiry into the allegations.

Informing this on Wednesday evening, Meghalaya Urban Affairs Minister Hamletson Dohling, who is also in charge of District Council Affairs, said that a lot of allegations against the Garo Hills District Council and Jaintia Hills District Council had been levelled and the government recommended Director Local Fund Audit to conduct a thorough audit of the expenses made by the GHADC and the JHADC during the last five years starting 2015-2020 and submit the report as early as possible.

spot_img
spot_img

Related articles

Secularism: A Heritage to Preserve

Editor, The Preamble to the Constitution of India specifically states that India is a secular Socialist State. The Supreme...

Media as scapegoat

Education Minister Rakkam Sangma after being castigated by members of the public including church elders on his statement...

The growing divide: Inequality in Meghalaya

By Bhogtoram Mawroh Recently, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, released the report on Household...

Dr Manmohan Singh – A personal account

By Manas Chaudhuri Between 2004 and 2014, I had the great fortune of meeting, interacting and even sharing the...