- Discussion of administrative negligence in returning central funds
- Cement Bakde, Rasta Ke Beal are also in controversies
Yavatmal: The executive engineer of the Public Works Department of the state government, Mukund Khatsa is in more contact with the BJP MLAs who have contacts with the opposition and central government public representatives than with the current ruling public representatives. Due to which the orders of the opposition MLAs in the district and the contractors of their choice are being allotted the works by the office of the Superintending Engineer by juggling them under the e-tender.
Behind this is the connivance of the opposition public representatives and the officers of this office, the executive engineer constantly works from sitting in the house of these MLAs to stay in touch with them. Due to this, despite being in power, the development works related to the areas of the ruling party MLAs are not being done, due to which there is a rift in the administration at the public representative and official level. Due to all these cases, such discussions are being held at the political and administrative level to get back the crores of funds received from the central government for road construction and paying the bills of the contractors.
It is said that the Central Road Fund to the Public Works Department and the PM Rural Roads Department in the amount received from the Center, before paying the bills of crores of rupees to the contractors, there is a tussle over the commissions received by the contractors of the officers and MLAs. In this, only after complaints of MLA-contractor and executive superintendent, after increasing financial dispute in this economic nexus, this week only got the central government for road construction and returned the funds of crores of rupees sent to the contractors to pay the bills. Due to this, there has been a stir in the Public Works Department and the Department of Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana.
By the end of March, it is necessary to complete the approved works with the amount received under various schemes and to settle all the financial matters including the bills of the contractors, but due to withdrawal of the amount received from the Center under the Public Works Department, Executive Engineer and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, these departments Due to this, on Friday 11 February, District Magistrate Amol Yedge took the meeting of the officers till the end of the march and spent all the amount and did not return the amount received for the development works. .
For the last one year, the superintendent engineer took over the work, since then all the administrative work from contracts is being executed only on the instructions of opposition MLAs and public representatives, crores of rupees have been dealt with the road plans of the center in many tehsils in Yavatmal district. .
During this, the Superintending Engineer took full care while allotting the works to the contractors of the opposition MLAs, while on the other hand, despite the complaints and evidence of substandard works during road construction in the district, the Public Works Department did not take concrete action against the contractors concerned. Behind this, the chain of financial nexus of contractors, public representatives and officers of this department is being considered as a big reason.
bakda case also in doubt
Apart from this, the contractor associated with the ruling parties was given a contract to install cement tables in public places in Yavatmal city, it is called bakda in the local language. The municipality had approved the proposal to install this cement table in public places in the divisions of the city’s corporators, after which the Public Public Works Department from government funds took out a tender to complete this work. According to the information received from the sources, there is also a discussion about the executive engineer’s office having financial nexus with the contractor.
Because at many places in the city the tables of cement received by the corporators were either not given, or the matter was managed. In this entire matter, neither the municipal administration has paid attention, nor has the Executive Superintendent’s office been given a large number of tenders, at which places in the city or not, no investigation has been done. On investigation of this matter, what kind of nexus took place between the administrative officer, the contractor and the public representatives, it can be exposed that corruption and malpractices can be exposed.
The careless and arbitrariness of the Executive Engineer Office of the Public Works Department can be inferred from the fact that the issue of paying different bills for the same road construction in the local Umarsara area came into controversy after the complaint, due to which some time ago The Executive Engineer Office of the Public Works Department had to give a public explanation about this, but still doubts remain on it.
Apart from this, while dealing with the bypass and long distance roads adjacent to the city, whether this work is being done according to the estimates including the status and time-frame of the works, the officers of the above department are deliberately ignoring due to economic reasons, such discussion. continuing in the department. In view of all these matters, the poor functioning of this department can be estimated.