Morung Express News
September 6
DIMAPUR: The Tribal Development and Training Centre (TDTC) Lingrijan, Dimapur has accused the North Eastern Industrial Consultants Ltd (NECON) of misappropriating more than 5 lakhs of funds meant for industrial undertakings in Nagaland. The charges against the NECON were made by the TDTC through a reference issued by the president of TDTC Senti Ao.
According to the release the NECON received Rupees one lakh seventy thousand from the Department of science and Technology, Government of India which was to be utilized for imparting a one-month practical training in food processing to 25 trainees at Kohima. It stated that the training started at a Weaving Centre from February 17 2002 where only seven trainees attended. It alleged that the NECON Training-In-Charge left Kohima after seven days, without paying the expenses incurred by the Weaving centre or the Trainees, after which there had been no further information of his whereabouts. The TDTC also alleged that although the needful expenses were not utilized, the NECON-in-charge MD Sharma submitted a utilization certificate of Rs. 1.70 lakhs. Then again it also received one lakh eighty thousand from the Science and Technology, Government of India for three training programs in Dimapur however the TDTC alleged that the NECON had submitted two utilization certificates to the sponsors without conducting any such training. It is also alleged that the wrong support was supported through an institute called “Nganthoi Institute, Purana Bazar Kohima Road, Dimapur.
In a similar instance, the TDTC also accused the NECON of receiving rupees one lakh forty thousand from EDH, Ahmedabad for imparting a one-month practical training in food processing at Dimapur and Kohima. However, the NECON Training-in-charge RKG Singh conducted training only for five days without even conducting practical classes once or taught on any food processing topic at the Dimapur Centre.
Furthermore, it had also received rupees seventy five thousand from the North East Council (NEC) in 2001 for a training program at Longnak near Mangkolemba but it was reported that no such training was conducted. In the final instance, the NECON conducted a Jute-based practical training at Kohima DIC. The NCJD had sanctioned sufficient financial assistance including payment of about rupees twenty five per head per day for trainees for refreshments. However the TDTC alleged that instead of providing as per directed the NECON Training-in-charge S Ghosh collected rupees fifty per trainee for refreshment.
