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| State Motor Garages Deptt dents exchequer | | Allots luxury vehicles to influential officers | | Muhammad Mukaram
Early Times Report
srinagar, Sept 7: Although the use of Government vehicles is limited to the ministers and the administrative secretaries, State Motor Garages department has allotted several luxury vehicles to its own influential officials by denting the public exchequer.
Early Times has learnt from reliable sources that there is wanton misuse of Government vehicles in the department and the excessive fuel consumption dents the exchequer. "The unabated and unauthorized use of vehicles which can be gauged from the fact that the Deputy Director Kashmir is using official Scorpio (JK02U- 6666) while as Works Manager Regional Mahroof Ahmed SMG Kashmir is using Swift Dezire vehicle despite not being entitled for such services," they said.
"The Deputy Director, Tahir Malik is using Black Scorpio bearing registration No JK02U-6666 for official and private purpose who is officially not authorized for such services and consumes unnecessary at least 10 ltrs of fuel per day which cost 460 per day." Sources said.
"The vehicles, which are being provided to the Government officers for official purposes, are being towed for personal use," said source wishing not to be named, adding that even after the directions from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), which had recently directed all ministries, including the Union Home Ministry, to cut fuel costs by curbing the rampant misuse of Government vehicles, but here some top Government officials are making rampant misuse of the vehicles.
Sources said that the department has also unauthorizedly allotted vehicles to the former ministers and MLAs for their personal use. "Deputy Director SMG, Kashmir, Tahir Malik has unauthorizedly sanctioned Government vehicles to them." sources added.
Dozens of such vehicles allotted by the SMG can be seen waiting for hours in front of schools, hospitals, shopping malls, parks, and other unwanted places as it has become now daily routine in the state.
"Wives of some officials use Government vehicles for shopping and dropping and picking children at school," he said and added that even the Government order puts ban on non-duty journeys, which included pleasure trips, dropping children at school or going to places of entertainment, public amusement, parties and pleasure.
An official of the department said though the entitlement of vehicles is limited to the Ministers and the Administrative Secretaries only those vehicles are entitled to fuel which are essentially allotted by the Garages. "But there are scores of vehicles allotted by the department to the officials which are being misused. Fuel to each vehicle is provided by the SMG on a baseless entry in the logbook of the vehicle," he alleged.
"The department gives false entry in the log book. The vehicles actually attached with officials in the Civil Secretariat draw fuel on false tours shown against each vehicle," the official said.
When contacted Minister for Transport Abdul Gani Kohli admitted that he has received reports that the department is misusing the Government vehicles. "It is true that the vehicles are being misused by the officials of the SMG. The Government will take action in this regard. No one will be allowed to use the Government vehicles without the proper order by the Government," he told Early Times. |
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