All 5 U’khand MPs failed to fully spend allocated MPLADS funds: RTI

Dehradun | Monday | 11th February, 2019

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Tehri MP Mala Rajyalakshmi Shah got Rs 15.96 crore and spent Rs 13.40 crore while Nainital MP Bhagat Singh Koshyari got Rs 20.42 crore, and spent Rs 16.46 crore. Haridwar MP Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank got Rs 18.40 crore of which he spent Rs 13.27 crore. We hope that all the funds will be utilised within a month.”According to the RTI response, the total number of projects supposed to be completed in Uttarakhand from the MPLADS funds were 3,790, out of which only 2,625 were completed till December 2018. In all, I have spent 75% of the funds in schemes meant for public welfare and development work.”B C Khanduri, Pauri MP, also said that his office had received a fresh installment of funds in January. “We have chalked out several projects in Chamoli and Pauri districts..