SHILLONG, May 19: The Thma U Rangli Juki (TUR) and Workers Power of Meghalaya submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Wednesday demanding consolidation of funds, which are sanctioned to MLAs and MPs by the Government of India for implementation of various schemes each year, into a single fund of Rs 120 crore, which can in turn be transferred to those families staring at hunger, disease and homelessness amid the present crisis.
They demanded the transfer to be done in two instalments of Rs 5,000 each.
Further, TUR also demanded that 25 per cent of the salary of Class-I officers including central services officers and the tax refund being done for IAS & IPS officers should be utilised to take care of medical expenses of the working class citizens during this pandemic.
