Somu alleges misuse of  SSA funds

VIJAYAWADA: Alleging misuse of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) funds by the State government, BJP MLC Somu Veerraju has written a letter to Chief Secretary Anil Chandra Punetha on Saturday.

The BJP leader said that while the Centre had allotted `600 crore under SSA and sought utilisation certificates for half of the funds released, the State government submitted UCs for only `140 crore.
In the letter, Somu, sought the Chief Secretary’s immediate intervention in the matter.