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NAHARLAGUN: While inspecting the under-construction Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) at Naharlagun on Monday, Itanagar Municipal Corporation (IMC) Mayor Tame Phassang directed the engineers of the IMC and contractors to judiciously use the funds meant for the development projects.
Speaking to the media, the Mayor informed that the STP was an old project which was sanctioned before the incumbent corporators were elected and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has also questioned the IMC for non-availability of the STP and even imposed a fine.
"So, IMC has constituted a four-member committee of Councillors Kipa Takum, Lokam Anand, Tamuk Tagiang and Tadar Hanghi to study the reason behind the delay in completion of the project, and simultaneously to submit the action-taken report," said the Mayor.
Further responding to the query on any mismanagement of funds, Phassang stated, "the committee will study the whole issue and if there is any lacuna in fund management, the corporation will take stern action and make sure that the project is not be affected and to complete it within the time frame."
Phassang also suggested that the engineer and contractors concerned should maintain quality while constructing the project. Such a project is very needful for the IMC jurisdiction where all the polluted waters from the Naharlagun will be treated and then released into the river maintaining the guidelines of the NGT. Among others, Deputy Mayor Biri Basang, IMC Commissioner Lika Tejji and others accompanied the Mayor in the inspection.
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