Patna: A district council in Bihar has come under fire after the councillors distributed prize money doled out by the government amongst themselves instead of spending it on sanitation and beautification works.
As per the report, Aurangabad district was selected for the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Award last year for maintaining cleanliness, launching beautification works and better management of natural resources and strengthening the local governing system.
A total of Rs5 million was given to this district as prize money and the councillors were supposed to carry forward the other pending development schemes in the district and set an example for the society.
Instead, all the 28 members from the district council held a meeting on December 19 last year and unanimously passed a resolution to distribute the prize money among themselves, rather than spending the government fund on the pending works for infrastructural development in the district.
The matter came to light after the district council chairman brought the matter to the notice of the Panchayati Raj Department on Friday. A district council is a local governing body of a rural or urban district for better governance.
Basic needs
Authorities said such kind of fund has to be spent by the local bodies on meeting the basic needs of the local villagers, such as launching potable water schemes, fitting street lights or working for the welfare of Dalits, women or for disaster management.
“The government fund is not a sweet which should be distributed among the officials, they have to be spent for carrying public works,” deputy chief minister Renu Devi told the media on Sunday. She said she had directed the councillors concerned to return the money to the government and utilise the funds for public welfare.
Aurangabad district, infamous for caste massacres, remains far behind on development indicators. A number of massacres have taken place in the district, the worst being the killing of 42 upper caste Rajput members at Dalelchak-Baghaura village in 1987 by the Maoists and slaughter of 22 backward caste members at Miyanpur by the Ranvir Sena, a private militia of upper caste Bhumihar members in 2000.
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