New Delhi: In a major allegation,
Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Minister Manish Sisodia has said
that the MCDs have become centres of financial mismanagement and functional
indiscipline, which are financially and functionally unviable.
Sisodia further said
that how is it that despite having been provided with almost double the amount
under non-planned head which should be primarily used for payment of salaries,
the East MCD is not paying salaries to sanitation workers ?
Actually Deputy Chief
Minister and Finance Minister Minister Manish Sisodia released the figures of
funds released to the East MCD under the non-planned head for the current
financial year and also the comparative list of funds under the same head for last
four years.
The Deputy Chief
Minister also announced that Delhi government has approved an advance sum of Rs
119 crore to the East MCD, which will be transferred to the corporation’s
account on Monday morning and should strictly be used for payment of salaries
of sanitation workers.
This amount of Rs 119
crore was actually meant to be released only after the finalisation of the
Revised Estimates a month later, but the government decided to transfer it in
advance given the non-payment of salaries to the sanitation workers by the East
MCD.
Mr Sisodia said Delhi
government provided almost double the amount under the non-planned head to the
East MCD for the financial year 2015-16 in comparison to previous years and did
not even deduct a penny out of the outstanding loan or its interest.
The Deputy Chief
Minister said the MCDs have become centres of financial mismanagement and
functional indiscipline, which are financially and functionally unviable.
Mr Sisodia said the MCD
has committed a contempt of court by having disobeyed the hon’ble Delhi High
Court order of payment of salaries to all its employees, including sanitation
workers by 7th of every month.
Mr Sisodia said it is
criminal negligence on the part of East MCD by not having paid the salaries of
sanitation workers for two months and additionally having caused inconvenience
to the residents by not doing its mandatory duty of maintaining cleanliness.
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