PIL on P&RD corruption: Gauhati High Court gives three-week time to the department

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court had given three weeks' time to the P&RD (Panchayat and Rural Development) Department, Assam to file its counter-affidavit in connection with the PIL (19/2021) filed against it.

Alleging large-scale corruption in the department – especially in Charaideo Sivasagar, Jorgat and Golaghat districts – in the implementation of IAY and MGNREGA, Amguri Naba Nirman Samity did file the PIL seeking a thorough inquiry into the allegations.

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