The exposure by a popular English weekly magazine in its investigative story ‘Licensed to fail’ was a tell tale of this malaise. It speaks of Rs.1000 crore being siphoned off in North Cachar Hills from various development funds between 2004 and mid 2009 and names seven ministers along with five officials in the charge sheet filed by NIA though IG (operations) Loknath Behera DG (NIA) contradicts and denies it. Corruption in the hills which started in 1999 reached its nadir in 2007. In order to provide better roads and connectivity, three PWD divisions with mechanical wings at Haflong, Maibong and Mahur have been functioning but the end results were nothing to see.President of the Dimasa apexbody blamed those who are in power at Dispur were behind all the mess.