lokayukta Justice (Retd)NK Mehrotra reportedly summoned the Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (UPRNN), who was accused of making irregularities in the construction of new building of the Secretariat.
Sources said that a senior officer of the UPRNN turned up before Mehrotra and tried to rule out irregularities claiming that the work which is said to be done before opening of the tenders, is just a `Mock-up’ exercise by the company to display the quality of work which it would do if his tender will be accepted by the Nigam.
However, the officer failed to clarify that if the `Mock-up’ exercise is still continue and the decision on which quality of Mirzapur sand stone the Department wanted to put in the new secretariat building has been yet to be finalized than how they had already get the tender pooled though they were yet to be open them. Sources in the lokayukta office confirmed that to clear the above move of pooling tender which pointed towards irregularities, now the MD of UPRNN has been summoned to clarify the issue.
It may be mentioned that social activist Dr Nutan Thakur, filed a formal complaint before Mehrotra earlier this month in which she claimed that MD of UP Rajkiya Nirman Nigam, RK Goel, had made irregularities in tender process of supply and fixing of Mirzapur Sandstone for New Secretariat building in Darulshafa compound. The complaint said that many conditions in the tender process have been violated and irregularities have been made in the process merely to give undue favour to Ms lucknow Marble Industries and its owner Ashutosh Agrawal.
As per the complaint, changes were made in the middle of the tender process and tender forms were accepted from some firms against the prescribed directions. Dr Thakur said that the alleged firm has completed a substantial part of the assigned work even before the tender process having finalised, which established the improper connection between the Nirman Nigam and the given firm.