Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong today dismissed the serious allegations of corruption in the Shillong Smart City project as malicious and incorrect.
Yesterday, the TMC claimed that funds amounting to Rs 1,005 crore for the project have not been accounted for and not a single financial report has been filed since 2019 regarding the amount spent.
“These statements are incorrect and malicious. This has been published without any research or proper background check of the serious allegation made by a political party,” Tynsong told reporters.
Far from the state government receiving Rs 1,005 crore for the Smart City project, the Deputy CM said that only Rs 251 crore has been received by state-owned Shillong Smart City Ltd (SSCL) since it was incorporated in 2019, out of which Rs 55 crore was state government money, with Rs 196 crore coming from the Centre.
He also said that SSCL has only just had its financial statements audited and confirmed by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).
“Filing will be done next month because the rules say that before the filing of financial statements the board has to pass it, which means get the report of the CAG and statutory auditor,” Tynsong said, adding that the SSCL will soon hold its annual general meeting and thereafter will file its financial statements.
