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GUWAHATI, Aug 1 – The Government of India is concerned about diversion of funds in the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council and an audit of the accounts of the Council would be carried out shortly to ascertain whether the funds allotted for development were misused. Highly placed official sources told The Assam Tribune today that the Union Home Secretary, GK Pillai, during his visit to Assam, took stock of the financial irregularities in the Autonomous Council and the Centre is likely to conduct an audit of the Council by the Accountant General.
It may be mentioned here that the Union Home Secretary had announced the Centre's decision to amend the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India to bring in financial discipline in the Autonomous Councils and would carry out an external audit of the Councils.
Meanwhile, the Centre is also worried about the law and order situation in NC Hills and during his visit to the State, the Union Home Secretary, who attended a meeting of the strategy group of the Unified Command to review the situation, also met senior officials of NC Hills including Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police, Army officers and the Principal Secretary of the Council separately for a first hand information of the situation on the ground.
Sources said that the main concern of the Centre is that despite deployment of additional forces, the success rate of the forces on the ground was very limited. According to an assessment of the security forces, the members of the DHD (J) are demoralized following the arrest of the chief of the outfit Jewel Garlosa, while, on the other hand, free flow of funds to the coffers of the militant group has also stopped, forcing the outfit to declare a unilateral cease-fire. The DHD (J) has also expressed its willingness to come for talks and submitted a list of weapons. But according to the security forces, the outfit has much more weapons than the list submitted.
Sources said that in the meeting with the Union Home Secretary, the officials of the district said that the terrain of NC Hills was one of the reasons for limited success of the security forces. The officials also said that the militants mingled with the villagers and they have buried some of their weapons, making it difficult for the forces to identify them. The Union Home Secretary suggested that the security forces should start preparing registers of the inmates of the villages to identify the militants. He also stressed the need for increasing the strength of the police stations in the Hill district, sources added. ASSAM TRIBUNE
GUWAHATI, Aug 1 – The Government of India is concerned about diversion of funds in the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council and an audit of the accounts of the Council would be carried out shortly to ascertain whether the funds allotted for development were misused. Highly placed official sources told The Assam Tribune today that the Union Home Secretary, GK Pillai, during his visit to Assam, took stock of the financial irregularities in the Autonomous Council and the Centre is likely to conduct an audit of the Council by the Accountant General.
It may be mentioned here that the Union Home Secretary had announced the Centre's decision to amend the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India to bring in financial discipline in the Autonomous Councils and would carry out an external audit of the Councils.
Meanwhile, the Centre is also worried about the law and order situation in NC Hills and during his visit to the State, the Union Home Secretary, who attended a meeting of the strategy group of the Unified Command to review the situation, also met senior officials of NC Hills including Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police, Army officers and the Principal Secretary of the Council separately for a first hand information of the situation on the ground.
Sources said that the main concern of the Centre is that despite deployment of additional forces, the success rate of the forces on the ground was very limited. According to an assessment of the security forces, the members of the DHD (J) are demoralized following the arrest of the chief of the outfit Jewel Garlosa, while, on the other hand, free flow of funds to the coffers of the militant group has also stopped, forcing the outfit to declare a unilateral cease-fire. The DHD (J) has also expressed its willingness to come for talks and submitted a list of weapons. But according to the security forces, the outfit has much more weapons than the list submitted.
Sources said that in the meeting with the Union Home Secretary, the officials of the district said that the terrain of NC Hills was one of the reasons for limited success of the security forces. The officials also said that the militants mingled with the villagers and they have buried some of their weapons, making it difficult for the forces to identify them. The Union Home Secretary suggested that the security forces should start preparing registers of the inmates of the villages to identify the militants. He also stressed the need for increasing the strength of the police stations in the Hill district, sources added. ASSAM TRIBUNE
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