The RD sub-division, Polsara in Ganjam district has come under the Vigilance scanner as an investigation revealed that it paid Rs 20 lakh to three contractors for bogus road works.
A Vigilance team led by Inspector Renubala Tripathy had conducted an investigation on May 22, 2017 into four CC road works, Narasinghapalli-Maa Tentulia Road, PWD road to Nimina canal and two other projects, in the Polsara block area. It was found that RW Circle-1, Brahmapur paid Rs 20 lakh to three contractors making bogus bills when works had not been executed at all against work orders issued in 2015-16.
The siphoning off Government money pertaining to the expenditure of CWA funds in Polsara Assembly constituency was unfolded after a petition filed at the Orissa High Court by social worker and journalist Ajit Pattnaik.