nChief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has constituted a four-member committee headed by Chief Secretary Sunil Kujur to investigate the alleged financial irregularities happened in the construction of DKS Super-specialty hospital Raipur, officials informed here on Saturday.
The committee is expected to submit its report within one months. Additionally, the government has also decided to get the audit done of all expenses of the hospital by CAG.
As per official information, apart from the Chief Secretary the team will consist of Additional Chief Secretary finance, Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister and Secretary health.
The team will investigate whether during the planning and execution of DKS the proposal was examined and duly approved by the finance department. Since the project cost was over Rs 50 crore whether it was approved by the committee of Chief Secretary.
The Chief Minister has asked officials to get done the audit of money spent on the construction of DKS hospital through the CAG. Additionally, since Chhattisgarh Medical Corporation was involved in construction of the super specialty hospital, the audit of corporation will also be done.
According to the state government, initially Rs 96.90 crore was estimated as the establishment cost of DKS Hospital and it was supposed to start function by March 2018. Moreover, bank loan of Rs 65 crore was taken for its construction which was to be paid through the fees collected from the patients.
Officials further claimed that so far Rs 110 crore has been paid and still Rs 130 is left as outstanding amount. The hospital has turned out to be a non-performing-asset (NPA), they said.