Three mukhiyas dismissed for financial irregularities

PATNA: The mukhiyas of Ujahani, Banauli and Diharia panchayats under Chenari block in Rohtas district have been dismissed for allegedly siphoning of funds for solar light scheme of the state government. The Panchayati Raj department issued a notification to this effect on Saturday.
Additional chief secretary (panchayati raj) Amrit Lal Meena said the disciplinary action against them was initiated on the recommendation of the district magistrate, who had found the allegations against them true.
The three mukhiyas are Santosh Tiwari of Diharia, Asha Devi of Banauli and Rajvansh Paswan of Ujahani panchayats.
Rohtas DM Dharmendra Kumar said he had recommended action against the three mukhiyas ten days back after finding the allegations true.
Panchayat polls: Meanwhile, the Election Commission has published the final list of voters in the wake of 3-tier panchayat election in the state scheduled to be held in April-May.
According to authoritative sources, a total of 6,44,54,749 voters will exercise their franchise to elect their representatives in 8,463 panchayats across the state. There are 64,58,876 more voters this time compared to the 2016 panchayat elections. The highest 40,006 voters were included in Saharsa, followed by Vaishali (32,646), Gopalganj (24,990), Patna (24,811) and East Champaran (23,334).
Arwal recorded the lowest addition of only 691 voters in the revised list. Similarly, Sheohar recorded 1707 new voters, followed by Lakhisarai (1931) and Kishanganj (1988).
Besides, a total of 3,302 applications were received for rectification and 7,148 for removing names from the list of particular panchayats.