Congress leaders from Nagaland have met party President and UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and apprised her about the situation arising out of drought-like condition in the state.
A delegation led by NPCC President K V Pusa and CLP leader Chingwang Konyak on Tuesday submitted an assessment report on relief measures in Nagaland, which had experienced drought-like situation during monsoon adversely affecting agricultural activities in the state.
Pusa said the Congress chief appreciated the initiatives in assessing the state’s requirements and assured them to examine the report so that the drought affected people could avail relief schemes.
“The union government and the UPA Chairperson would like to see that this time funds reach the targeted people and do not go to the pockets of a handful of people who are in power,” he claimed.
After the visit, the NPCC alleged that the NREGA funds were not properly utilised in many parts.
They accused the ruling dispensation was only doling out money to its party workers and supporters without creating any sustainable rural assets.
Seeing the track records of the DAN government in implementation of development schemes, the Pradesh Congress made the assessment on its own and took up the matter with the central leaders, NPCC president said.
