Village Council Chairmen under RD Chumoukedima Block met at the Deputy Commissioner’s Conference Hall Wednesday under the chairmanship of BDO, RD Chumoukedima Block, Sashirenla Imchen and discussed various issues pertaining to development of villages and the schemes introduced by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India.

Seventeen out of the 23 Council Chairmen under the RD Block attended the emergency meeting convened by the BDO.

The house decided to form a Forum of the Village Councils Chairmen, RD Chumoukedima Block to take up issues pertaining to the interests of the villages under the RD Block.

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It was also unanimously decided to dissolve, henceforth, any existing VDB Secretary  Association under the said Block and to direct all the VDBs Secretaries under its jurisdiction to disassociate/withdraw from any existing association of the VDB Secretaries in the district or state.

The House also resolved to ask the RD Department not to take any punitive action against the Kacharigaon/ Phevima Village Council for taking up the pull-back issue to the media and that it shall not be tolerated by the Forum if the said Council is discriminated/ deprived of any due share of developmental schemes because of their resorting to social media to air their grievances.