Shillong, may 26 (nnn): The Independent Inquiry Committee has strongly recommended that the state government appoint a full-time chairman cum managing director (CMD) of the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeELC) and come up with new systems to look into the procurement aspects.
Sharing a few points of the inquiry report, chief minister Conrad K Sangma told reporters that from the administrative point of view, the committee had emphasised the need to have full-time leadership.
“Therefore, they have submitted that there should be a full-time CMD or a full-time CEO that should take forward (administration of the MeECL),” he said.
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Sangma further revealed that the committee had pointed out in its findings that the procurement policies were very obsolete and old, while adding, “Therefore, there needs to be a process in which this has to be reviewed and new systems have to come up.”
“The department is examining all these aspects,” he informed.
The chief minister said that the committee had found nothing wrong in the procurement aspects.
“In terms of other aspects of procurement and all, they have not found any wrongs in any of them,” he added.
On March 29, the Independent Inquiry Committee headed by retired Justice RN Mishra submitted its report into the alleged irregularities in the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited (MeECL).
The report was handed over to chief minister Conrad K Sangma in New Delhi.
The committee was constituted on July 29, last year.
