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To favor political family, Govt constructs bridge without road connectivity 12/6/2016 11:00:05 PM Early Times Report RAJOURI, Dec 6: Even as bridge usually connects two roads across a river, the Department of Rural Development (RDD) has started work on a culvert over a canal having no roads on either side raising eyebrows over the execution of this "illogical work." Officials said that engineers have sanctioned construction of a culvert when it has no adjoining roads. While the government is spending over Rs 13 lakh on the project, officials said this all was being done to favor a political family who has been allotted this work. Official sources said Rural Development department under the centrally-funded MGNREGA has allotted work for construction of a culvert in village Makool in tehsil Sunderbani to a family living in the area. Officials said the family head happens to be the right-hand of a ruling party in the state. Officials said the work has been allotted in brazen violation of norms. "MGNREGA scheme funds cannot be used to favor a single family. Moreover, logically speaking, how can you construct a culvert when you don't have connecting roads? This is ridiculous," the officials said. Officials said there was no house in the locality other than that of the "politically-connected" family. "Basically this family being politically affluent prepared fake documents justifying the culvert was needed to feed an entire village whereas the reality is that the culvert won't help anyone as there are no adjoining roads linked to it," the official said. The people of adjoining villages who are up in arms against the brazen misuse of public money said they many times demanded a vigilance probe in the scam. "But our pleas have been falling on deaf ears," the villagers said. When contacted a senior official in the Rural Development Department said the administration had to take this decision under political compulsion.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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