The irregularities in the purchase of lED lights in the Belpahar Municipality have been confirmed in local Fund Audit Report for 2014-15.
Audit sources said Rs6.69 lakh has been paid as excess to the concerned company and should be recovered from former Municipality Chairperson Rasmirekha Mishra and Executive Officer Sachidananda Satpathy.
Even as a Vigilance inquiry into the scam is pending, the audit report has now pointed out serious irregularities in the municipality. By now, Vigilance officials have completed inquiry into the alleged involvement of many municipality officials including former Chairperson Rashmirekha Mishra and their report is awaited.
As per the audit report, work order was issued to a company for supply of lED lights at Rs44,000 per bulb when the market price was only Rs33,000. The company had been paid at Rs40,000 per bulb, for which the municipality suffered a financial loss of over Rs6.69 lakh.
local Fund Auditor Pranasankar Debata in his report for 2014-15 has also mentioned that the amount should be recovered from the defaulting officers.