Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 21:
The All Tribal Contractors' Association, Manipur has demanded that the Government clear all the pending bills for both Plan and non Pla works at the earliest.
In a statement, the contractors said that they have finished their work after obtaining the necessary Administrative Approval (A/A), but so far their bills (Plan and Non-Plan) dating back to 4/5 years are yet to be cleared.
Questioning the Government, the contractors asked whether the A/As were issued without the fund being unvailable, whether the work orders are being issued without allocation of fund, if fund was made available and allocation was made where has the fund gone.
The contractors also questioned whether the funds have been pilfered.
Even in case of bill payments, cash payments have been resorted to in some departments instead of paying through Contractor's Account/Payee account, alleged the contractors.