The paintings of ingesting water provide scheme used to be left incomplete, but the cost used to be made

Kaushal Anand / Praveen Kumar

Ranchi: The federal government is spending crores of rupees to supply natural ingesting water to the folks of Jharkhand. However until now natural ingesting water has no longer been made to be had to the folks. In an effort to supply natural ingesting water to the folks, Shriram EPC corporate of Chennai additionally were given the paintings of 753.54 crores in several districts of Jharkhand in 2017-18, excluding for one scheme in Dhanbad, not one of the paintings has been finished even after 5 years. may. The state officers had been additionally sort to this corporate. Even within the departmental inquiry, questions had been raised at the operating taste of the officials and engineers of the corporate and the dep.. 3 engineers have additionally been suspended, however no motion has been taken towards the sensors. Even in Dhanbad, the development of the corporate operating on 3 water provide schemes of JUDCO isn’t adequate. 3 months in the past, reprimanding the operating taste of the corporate, a caution used to be given to terminate it. It can be recognized that this corporate could also be having a look after the operation of HCEL Mines. Regardless of the lateness of the corporations in finishing the plan, the dep. is refraining from terminating the corporate because of the apprehension of value overrun.

State officers are sort to the corporate, paying greater than the volume of labor executed

Shriram EPC is a Chennai primarily based corporate. The corporate has were given paintings value crores no longer handiest from the Division of Ingesting Water and Sanitation in Jharkhand, but additionally from different departments. In Jharkhand, the company has no longer been in a position to finish the paintings of any scheme excluding the Bhelidih water provide scheme of Dhanbad. Within the Tantnagar water provide scheme of West Singhbhum district, Shri Ram EPC had sublet the paintings to M/s Anand Singh protecting the principles in test. The officials had paid Rs 30 crore greater than the volume of labor executed underneath the scheme. The dept were given the Tantnagar water provide scheme investigated. The inquiry committee discovered Shriram EPC to blame and debarred the mentioned corporate for 365 days. However the motion towards M/s Anand Singh used to be stopped.

Works awarded to Shriram EPC in 2017-18 which might be but to be finished

Ingesting water division: In Tandwa (Chatra) 236.28 crore scheme, handiest 70 % paintings has been finished.

Judco Dhanbad: 166.16 crores, handiest one of the vital 3 schemes has been finished.

Judco Khunti: 59.54 crore plan incomplete

Ingesting water division Chaibasa: 25% paintings left in 94.03 crore scheme

-Ingesting Water Division, Tantnagar: 20% paintings left within the plan of 109.69 crores

-Ingesting Water Division Margo Munda, Deoghar: 20% paintings left in 105.84 crore scheme

Irregularities stuck in departmental inquiry, however the sensors had been launched

All through the time of Engineer-in-Leader Shwetabh Kumar (now retired), there used to be manipulation of greater than 250 crores within the schemes of the Division of Ingesting Water and Sanitation in West Singhbhum and Dhanbad districts. The Ingesting Water Division had were given it investigated, through which a case of irregularities got here to the fore. At the moment motion used to be taken towards the departmental engineers, however no motion used to be taken towards the to blame sensors. After the departmental inquiry, a letter used to be issued relating to registration of FIR towards the sensor and investigation of all of the schemes allocated to the sensor inside of 3 years. Even after this no motion has been taken towards the sensor M/s Anand Singh, Chaibasa.