A voluntary organisation has levelled allegations about various anomalies in the State Women Empowerment and Child Development department. The members of the organisation claimed that they had written letters to the ministers of Central as well as State governments, but so far no action has been taken against the irregularities in the department.
Addressing the media here on Monday, members of RTI Club Uttarakhand leveled several allegations against the State Women Empowerment and Child Development department.
According to the members, various anomalies and scams have taken place in the department in the last few years but the government did not take any action against the guilty officials.
One of the allegations leveled by the members was against the deputy director of State Women Empowerment and Child Development Sujata Singh. According to one of the RTI Club Uttarakhand members Rameshwar Prasad Mishra, Singh was promoted to the position of deputy director in spite of being on a service break for 258 days. He further said, “Singh was involved in several irregularities like the salt scam, box scam and 487 illegal appointments of Anganwadi workers.”
Reportedly, Singh was also involved in the irregularities in provision of uniforms and mobile phones for Anganwadi workers, besides the irregularities in pre-school kits, and weighing machine under the central government’s scheme of National Nutrition Mission, claimed Mishra.
The members of RTI Club also alleged that District Programme Officer (DPO) Akhilesh Mishra was promoted against regulations. According to them, Mishra is a block level CDPO but he is appointed to do the jobs at the State level. The members also claimed that the undeserving officers are being promoted in the department instead of those who in fact deserve and have worked in the department for much longer time.
“The minister and secretary of the department are doing transfers and promotions as per their wishes. The State Women Empowerment and Child Development minister Rekha Arya herself approved a posting from Pithoragarh district to Haridwar neglecting the rules of Transfer Act,” averred Mishra.
The members claim that they have all the evidence and documents to support their allegations. They have received the said documents under the Right To Information Act.
According to the members, they have complained to the ministers at the central and state level but no action was taken in the case.
They alleged that the State Government is aware of all the irregularities in the department at all levels, but everything is being ignored by the administration.