Published: Monday, February 22, 2021, 10:21 [IST]
Thane, Feb 22: NCP MP Supriya Sule has said the Centre has suspended the MPLAD (Member of Parliament Local Area Development) fund scheme but is going ahead with the construction of a new Parliament building, which is not a necessity now in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
Addressing a party rally in Ambernath town of Thane district in Maharashtra on Sunday for the forthcoming civic polls here, Sule said the Union government is going to spend Rs 800 crore to Rs 1,000 crore on the Central Vista project. We did not not ask for it. It is not a necessity now in this pandemic period. If they had constructed a hospital and cut our funds for five years (for such purpose), I would have gladly given it, said the Lok Sabha member from Baramati in Maharashtra.
NCP MP Supriya Sule has said the Centre has suspended the MPLAD (Member of Parliament Local Area Development) fund scheme but is going ahead with the construction of a new Parliament building, which is not a necessity now in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nearly 70 per cent of the Rs 26.77 crore spent under the Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) funds by the seven MPs in Mumbai and Thane region was dedicated to the construction of drainage systems, toilets and roads.
MPLAD is a central scheme, under which MPs can recommend development programmes involving spending of Rs 5 crore every year in their respective constituencies. For the MPLAD scheme, the guidelines focus on the creation of durable community assets, however, historically in Mumbai this money has mostly been spent on drainage work and construction of toilet blocks in view of the state of basic civic infrastructure in the city.
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