Officials face graft charge: Jajpur RWSS

Jajpur: The individuals of Jajpur locale have affirmed that Rs 1.52 crore implied for fixing pipelines and water supply ventures harmed by Cyclone Titli was stolen by authorities of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS).

They said with the backhanded help of officials, the division specialists stole Rs 1.5 crore endorsed by delivering counterfeit vouchers as no development work was completed in the locale.

Sources said office designers delivered a usage testament worth Rs 1.5 crore in which they gave a point by point projection of the water supply venture work attempted by the division.

Be that as it may, when correspondents tested the issue it became exposed that no harm had happened to water supply ventures during Cyclone Titli.

From this obviously the whole store authorized by the administration for fixing water supply pipelines had gone into the pockets of babus.

Twister Titli hit Odisha October 11, 2017. As indicated by the District Emergency Department sources, rural terrains in Jajpur city, Darpan and Bayasanagar were influenced by Titli in the locale.

In any case, utilizing Titli the authorities and experts of RWSS created a phony harm evaluation report guaranteeing that 104 water supply pipelines were harmed and submitted it to higher-ups.

The authorities requested Rs 2.5 crore for remaking of the water supply ventures. The Collector additionally acknowledged the report based on which the legislature had authorized Rs 1.5 crore.

In the use testament the office authorities said the whole endorsed cash was used for fixing the pipelines, development of stand post, extraction of pipelines and painting of water supply extends in the squares of Binjharpur, Koreai amd Dharmasala.

Twister Titli influenced Ganjam and Gajapati areas for the most part. Minor harm happened in Jajpur area according to the Indian Metrological Department.

At the point when RWSS Department’s Executive Engineer Amiya Kumar Parija was gotten some information about this he stated, “We will make a move after the investigation report comes.”