Dimapur, November 9 (MTNews): The Rising People’s Party (RPP) has on Wednesday made public a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Government of Nagaland and the Northern Angami Public Organisation (NAPO) pertaining to the construction of a Working Women’s Hostel (WWH) in Dimapur. Describing the MoU as “illegal and a total fraud epitomizing the corrupt state of affairs in the state,” the RPP has requested the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) to re-possess the WWH.
Further, the RPP requested the MoHUPA to take appropriate action against the state government, including reviewing all the flagship programs under the ministry in Nagaland.
The Government of Nagaland was represented by Additional Director of Municipal Affairs Department (MAD) in the MoU whereby the MAD agreed to construct a Working Women’s Hostel (WWH) at Walford Colony Dimapur, and hand over the entire completed building to NAPO for sole ownership, RPP disclosed. The MoU was signed on May 18, 2017.
The said scheme falls under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MoHUPA) with the state bearing 10% of the total project cost, which is 968.96 lakhs. “It has come to the notice of the Rising People’s Party that the construction of the hostel has been completed, and now believed to be under the possession of NAPO as per the terms and conditions of the MoU,” RPP stated.
The MoU states that “The Second Party (NAPO) will thereafter own, operate and maintain the WWH without interference from the First Party (State Government)…and the revenue so generated from the operation of the WWH shall be entirely appropriated by the Second Party…and the First party shall lay no claim whatsoever on the revenue.”
“This MoU is illegal and a total fraud epitomizing the corrupt state of affairs in the state. It’s unthinkable that such blatant disregard for rules and guidelines can be carried out with impunity for which appropriate punishment shall have to be meted out to the parties involved,” RPP said.