Rajarajeshwari Nagar Assembly Constituency: Lokayukta recommendation
KRIDL Bill without work: loss of ₹118 crore; Eight engineers suspended
Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್
Bengaluru: On the recommendation of the Lokayukta, the government has suspended eight engineers who have incurred a loss of more than ₹118 crore by issuing fake bills without carrying out work in the Rajarajeshwari Nagar assembly constituency.
Lokayukta's preliminary investigation has revealed that the bill amount was released by the BBMP in the city to the Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Corporation (KRIDL) without doing the work entrusted to it. The case is serious and there is a suspicion that influencers and politicians are involved. Thus, the Lokayukta had recommended that the officials should be suspended as there is a possibility of destruction of evidence during the higher investigation.
All the possibilities of falsification of documents, influence of evidences in the case of non-superior investigation of all the works entrusted to KRIDL are felt. Besides, such a huge amount of misappropriation has been found from the inspection of 114 works, and there is a possibility that huge amount of illegal and misappropriation of money will be discovered from the inspection of more works. The accused in the case is Assistant Executive Engineer J.M. Chandranath has already retired and the urban development department has issued an order on June 6 suspending eight people except him.
As stated by MP D.K. Suresh in the complaint, 11 works were repeated in the list of 126 works. A work has not been entrusted to KRIDL. Correct job code is not entered for another work. For the remaining 113 works, there is a letter of agreement between BBMP and KRIDL. 114 works have not been performed as mentioned in the estimate list. More measurements are entered in measurement books. The inspectors had reported that substandard asphalt works were carried out, resulting in an additional payment of ₹118,25,79,797 to the government. It has enabled the authorities to pay bills and pay money even if the works are not performed. The report of the Lokayukta stated that poor level of work has been done is a serious matter.
Don't hire KRIDL!
There have been serious lapses by the BBMP officials in the execution and supervision of the works entrusted to KRIDL by the BBMP. The Lokayukta has made four recommendations to prevent leakage of funds and avoid misappropriation of public funds.
No infrastructural development work or other works to be implemented by BBMP should be entrusted to KRIDL.
A sample survey of 10% of the works entrusted to KRIDL by BBMP in two years should be carried out in the works which are under implementation and under implementation. For this, a special committee with experts should be formed under the chairmanship of a high level officer. Otherwise, the government should refer the Lokayukta to investigate all the works.
Suspended 8 Engineers
- * Doddaiah, Chief Engineer, TVCC Cell. (Present – Chief Engineer, West Zone)
- * Satish Kumar K, Assistant Executive Engineer, TVCC Cell.
- * Basavaraj N, Executive Engineer-in-Charge and Assistant Executive Engineer, Rajarajeshwarinagar Division (on loan from Karnataka Electricity Corporation)
- * Siddaramaiah M, Assistant Engineer, Ward 129, 160, Rajarajeshwarinagar Sub-Division.
- * N.G. Umesh, Assistant Engineer, (Office of Assistant Executive Engineer, Yeshwantpur Division).
- * Srinivas, Executive Engineer, KRIDL, Ananda Rao Circle.
- * Venkatalakshmi, Assistant Executive Engineer, TVCC Cell.
- * Sritej, Assistant Executive Engineer, TVCC Cell (Present – Executive Engineer, TVCC).
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