DADELDHURA: A fake consumer committee has been formed to mobilise the fund of an irrigation project worth Rs 5 million in Dadeldhura. Locals claimed that the committee has been formed on the pretext of an irrigation project at Patan Municipality-7. “The employees of the irrigation office and people’s representatives colluded to receive the government budget,” said Hikmat Thagunna, a local. The villagers have registered a complaint at the Irrigation Division Office. However, Govinda Bhatta, an engineer at the Division Office, said he is unaware of the complaint filed in the office. (PR)