September 21, 2024

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Rip-off in 26 crore scheme

Water now not gained, contractor paid Rs 22 crore Har Ghar-Nal Yojana, Ranchi West Department’s paintings, neither Jalminar nor water connection used to be made, Leader Engineer sought permission to do so towards the responsible engineer
Kaushal Anand

Ranchi: Below the Har Ghar Nal Yojana, paintings is to be completed in Ranchi West Department with a value of Rs 26 crore. Irregularities have come to the fore on this scheme. Neither the paintings of the scheme has been finished right here, nor have other people been ready to get water. Neither the Jalminar has been constructed nor the water connection has been completed. Regardless of this, Rs 22 crore has been paid to the contractor. For this, the then Engineer-in-Leader Shwetabh Kumar, the then Government Engineer of Ranchi West Department Shashishekhar Singh and the contractor (company) Shilpi Building and Engineering Works Restricted Giridih were held accountable. Undertaking Control Unit (PMU) Leader Engineer Sanjay Jha has written a letter to Engineer-in-Leader Raghunandan Sharma on this regard. Within the letter, he has sought permission to do so towards the responsible contractor and engineer. On the similar time, the Estimates Committee of the Legislative Meeting has requested the dep. to respond inside seven days. Please tell that the stated scheme is backed by means of the Central Govt.

what’s the complete plan

Below the Har Ghar Nal Yojana (rural water provide), water used to be to be equipped to Tati West, Tati East, Silway and Mahilong panchayats of Ranchi West by means of making consumption wells by means of uninteresting them within the Subarnarekha river. Below this, faucet water used to be to be equipped to 50 thousand homes of those panchayats by means of laying pipes. The price of this complete scheme has been fastened at round Rs 26 crore. At the moment, the villagers of those panchayats are going through water disaster. The native villagers rely on rivers, ponds, wells and handpumps and so on. for water. Other people don’t seem to be getting blank ingesting water. Till the scheme isn’t totally applied, the local community will be unable to do away with this water disaster. This is why why the above spaces were integrated underneath this scheme. Then again, it’s tricky to mention when the plan shall be finished.

what went fallacious

In keeping with the guidelines gained from the dep., simplest after uninteresting within the Subarnarekha river, water used to be dropped at the sump by means of making an consumption neatly. Neither the pipeline nor the relationship used to be given to ship water to the houses of the beneficiaries. However it’s proven within the papers that 3341 connections were made. The paintings of establishing water tower could also be incomplete. The development of a water tank of six lakh liters capability is mendacity incomplete. Until now the molding of the roof of the water tank has now not been completed. Filtration plant has been made. The paintings of giving connection to carry water from the sump is occurring. The bottom line is being put in. Regardless of such a lot of works being incomplete, about Rs 22 crore has been paid to the contractor out of the plan of Rs 26 crore. Extension has been given 3 times for this paintings.