Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Mar 14: Villagers from Harmutta held protest outside the office of BDO Mendhar and later submitted a memorandum to SDM, Rahul Yadav demanding inquiry with regard to allotment of funds to various wards of this area by Rural Development Department officials.
The people from various wards assembled at the BDO office Mendhar and held protest demonstration. The BDO was not available and then holding brief protest there, they moved to the office of SDM and submitted a memorandum. The villagers said there are 13 wards in Harmutta village. Rs 19 lakhs were sanctioned by the BDO office Mendhar for the Panchayat but unfortunately out of the total amount Rs 15 lakhs was provided to just one ward, ignoring others. They alleged that the BDO under political influence has turned bias against other wards.
They submitted memorandum to SDM Rahul Yadav. They also alleged that BDO is hardly available in the office. The SDM sent Naib Tehsildar to the office of BDO and found that he was not available besides several other staff members. He sought explanation of the BDO and directed him to ensure his presence in the office. He also directed to equally distribute this amount among all the wards of Harmutta village and ordered probe into the mater through Tehsildar.
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