noida noida authority on friday released rs 20 lakhs to the animal shelter in noida society for prevention of cruelty to animals spca spca has been facing a severe cash crunch since the last five months noida authority had stopped funding the organization since september last year following reports of alleged irregularities besides misappropriation of funds besides other issueshowever the impasse between the authority and the spca refuses to end as according to spca the district magistrate dm of gautam budh nagar is yet to clarify the status of the bank account to be operated by the animal shelter even while the spca claims that they cannot use the funds the dm has directed that a threemember subcommittee formed on his directions will jointly draw any funds from the account for the use of the shelteraccording to noida authority officials these directions from the dm have come following complaints about the organization especially regarding its functioning the dm np singh is the chairperson of spca and responsible for its functioning and utilization of funds said saumya srivastava deputy ceo dceo noida authority a meeting was held on february 4 after which the dm has said that any money for shelter will be done withdrawn by the 3member committee which has a member each from noida authority spca and district administration he explained every five years an audit of the funds utilized will also be carried out by the committee this is to ensure that the money for the shelter is used optimally and solely for the purpose of the animals welfare he explained srivastava further told toi that the funds have already been transferred to the spca account while noida authority and district administration have already nominated their representatives for the subcommittee spca is yet to inform the name of their representative this has probably caused the delay in the release of funds he said this subcommittee will function till june 30 2017 after which the dm will review the functioning of the spca a decision regarding appointing a private agency to carry out the sterilization of stray dogs to curb their population will also be taken then he addedmembers of spca meanwhile claimed that they want the authority to transfer funds to a new account as operating from an account operated by a committee would lead to problems we are open to investigation and scrutiny of our accounts currently we are facing a huge crisis on taking care of the animals at the shelter said anuradha dogra member spca reagrding the bank account i will be meeting the dm on monday to sort out all issues so that we can continue functioning effectively she said