Tura, Feb 14: A woman from Adokgre in North Garo Hills on Tuesday demanded that land given as donation to the MePDCL, for construction of a sub-station in the area be given back to her, after the corporation allegedly failed to meet the terms and conditions of the agreement signed between them.
A complaint in this regard was a day earlier also submitted to the Executive Engineer of the MePDCL in Williamnagar of East Garo Hills.
In the complaint, the woman-Chengsera R Marak of Adokgre Reking informed that in 2018 sometime between June and July, she was approached by the officials of the MePDCL accompanied by Kharkutta MLA, Rupert M Momin with a request to donate 2 bighas of land for construction of the corporation sub-station, in return for jobs. The woman claimed that she agreed following which an agreement was signed assuring that two members of her family would be provided with appointment at the Grade III level.
Marak claimed to have met the MLA and the officials of MePDCL repeatedly to get the issue resolved following which, she received an order from the Deputy Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya, Power Department in Shillong informing that she had been appointed as Casual Peon ( unskilled) initially for a period of 89 days. When the matter was raised once again with the MLA she was allegedly scolded and also informed that the MePDCL on the basis of the agreement had got the land mutated from the GHADC and that she would not get it back.
Alleging that she was cheated by both the MLA and the MePDCL officials, Marak demanded that either appointment be given to her family as per the terms of the agreement or that her family be compensated in the form of donated land being returned or compensation with cash. Marak also sought compensation for over 200 Sal and other trees that were felled from her land.
