The vigilance division has identified crores of rupees had been spent on superior specs
New Delhi:
The Central Public Works Division (CPWD) has suspended three engineers for his or her function in alleged illegalities concerned in renovating the official home of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The three engineers – Pradeep Kumar Parmar, Abhishek Raj, and Ashok Kumar Rajdev – had been instrumental in renovating Mr Kejriwal’s bungalow, sources mentioned.
Together with 4 others, they allegedly allowed rule violations and value escalation within the title of superior modifications on Mr Kejriwal’s directions, sources mentioned. All of the 4, too, have been suspended.
Mr Parmar is at the moment posted in Assam’s Guwahati, Mr Raj is working in West Bengal’s Kharagpur.
These engineers allegedly colluded with the Delhi public works division (PWD) minister and allowed the development of the brand new bungalow for the Chief Minister by invoking an urgency clause, the place no such urgency existed when the nation was grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with the vigilance division.
Whereas the finance division had been issuing orders on fiscal administration and lowered expenditure because of the pandemic, the PWD minister allegedly pushed for fast-tracking the brand new bungalow building proposal, however within the title of addition to or alteration of the outdated home, sources mentioned.
The vigilance division has mentioned on document that the demolition of the outdated constructing and building of a brand new one and the “disproportionate enhance in expenditure” had been carried out on the instructions of the PWD Minister.
This led to main adjustments in drawings of interiors submitted by the advisor, which led to deviation within the complete quantity paid and the quantity sanctioned for the work, sources mentioned.
The vigilance division has identified crores of rupees had been spent on superior specs like additional creative and decorative works, superior class stone floorings, superior wood doorways and automated sliding glass doorways, and many others.
The matter is already being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
