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| Alleged MNREGA scheme scandal | | 13 cheques amounting Rs.1, 11,971 found near Nandini | | Krishan Kumar
Udhampur, Oct 21: Thirteen cheques amounting to Rs.1,11,971 issued under MNREGA scheme were today found in a lane near Nandini area, but 11 of the beneficiaries of these cheques have said that they have no connection whatsoever with these cheques.
According to sources, thirteen cheques were found along with many other documents abandoned in a file at a way side tea stall, near Nandini on Jammu Udhampur national highway.
The owner of the tea stall, on going through the file found telephone number of one Shiv Charan, the Member Judicial Committee of Ser Manjhla panchayat in Udhampur. The tea stall owner informed him about the documents but when he did not get any response for the next 15 days, he sent the documents to Shiv Charan who was surprised to see that these documents belonged to the Ser Manjhla panchayt and 13 cheques in the names of some residents of the village.
He placed the cheques in a temple, informed all those people and asked them to pick up the cheques if they were genuine beneficiaries.
To every body's surprise only two persons came forward and claimed the cheques while 11 people declined to accept the cheques saying that they had never worked under any scheme of NAREGA.The catch is that while most of these so called beneficiaries are residents of the village but they are working out of the village for many years.
Charan Dass has been working at a Kirana shop at Peer Mitha Jammu for last 25 years. Bittu Kumar, alleged beneficiary, has been working as Coolie at Ludhiana since many years. Ravi Kumar has been working at a Halwai shop near Subhash hotel at Katra since many years. Bodh Raj has been working at Udhampur, Jasvinder Singh is a conductor in a mini bus at Udhampur All of these so called beneficiaries when contacted by this correspondent said that they have never put in their labour in any scheme of NAREGA.
Shiv Charan, the Member Judicial Committee Ser Manjhla has handed over these cheques along with other documents to Yasha Mudgal, the District Development Commissioner of Udhmpur who has ordered an enquiry in the matter. |
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