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| No headway in multi crore carriage scandal in Kishtwar hydraulic division | | Even after 4 months, DC Kishtwar inquiry yet to reach any conclusion | | Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Kishtwar, June 13: Much to the disappointment of the people are facing acute water shortage problem in Kishtwar District while at the same time, the officials at the helms of the affairs are swindling crores of rupees from government exchequer through different fraudulent means and in one such similar case, the hydraulic division of Kishtwar during the year 2010-2013 witnesses new trend of carriage scandal wherein carriages were drawn for various works against the set norms and procedures prescribed the department of Design Inspections & Quality Control Department (PWD) J&K Jammu vide Govt. order No. 156-PW(R&B) of 2010 operative from 1-04-2010.
As per the details available with "Early Times", taking cognizance of report published in 17-02-2016 edition of "Early Times" unrevealing the unholy scandal of Multi Crore carriage scandal in hydraulic division Kishtwar involving top officials of the department, Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar seek details from the officials of the concern department with regard to the news report on 17-02-2016 itself, but even after four months since DC Kishtwar order an inquiry, the inquiry is going on at slow pace as high profile officials of the department presently holding the charge of in charge Chief Engineer, Executive Engineers and AEE's are found guilty of indulging in withdrawal of carriage charges on higher rates.
As already reported, the sample estimates duly sanctioned by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer of Hydraulic Division Kishtwar bearing Ts. No. 9BRGF for the month of 12/2012 amounting to Rs. 263450, the carriage charges of material utilized were paid in between 400% to 450% above the schedule rate fixed by the department of Design Inspections & Quality Control Department (PWD) J&K Jammu vide Govt. order No. 156-PW(R&B) of 2010 operative from 1-04-2010. The said department is the nodal agency for fixing of rates for all the government departments of the state.
Similarly in Ts No. 11/NABARD of 1/2013 amount to Rs. 54800 wherein similar practice was also adopted by the officials where carriage charges were also paid on exorbitant rates by the department.
The documents revealed that during these years, the DDO's with active help and assisted by his technical staff manage to siphoned off crores of rupees on various estimates passed by these officials by way of withdrawing the carriages of material by head load/ Mechanical transport drawn during the period from 1-4-2010 to ending 12/2013 is in utter violation of Schedule of rates which amounts to exaggeration to the tune of approximately Rs. 3 to 4 corers, thus inflecting huge losses to the state exchequers by the hands of DDO's posted during all these years.
The documents also reveals that that for purchasing the material from Government Registered Suppliers for purchase of stone, Bajraee, Sand and other allied material items, no quotations has been invited by the officials at the helm of the affairs and it was believed that the material thus used in sanctioned works might also have been purchased on higher rates that too might have cause huge losses to the state exchequers which also needs to be probed through high level committee to be comprised of technically sound officials.
It is pertinent to mention that government has authorized Chief Engineer Design Inspections & Quality Control Department (PWD) J&K Jammu for finalizing the rates for various departments which was later published as Scheduled Rates and all the department papered the estimates of various projects by following the rates mentioned in the said Scheduled Rate book, but the rates prescribed Ts No. 11/NABARD of 1/2013 Ts. No. 9BRGF for the month of 12/2012 are many fold higher than the prescribed rates mentioned in the government schedule. |
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