Tribal welfare and public health engineering department Minister Kedar Kashyap said to cancel the allotted works of such agencies that have not yet started the construction and developments works sanctioned to them for one year.
He also asked the officers concerned to register FIR against the agencies causing delay in public interest works. He instructed the district collectors to take immediate action in such cases. While reviewing the construction and development works sanctioned to Narayanpur Assembly constituency at a meeting held at the district headquarters, the Minister viewed seriously the situation of sanctioned works that have not yet started by the agencies concerned.
Bastar collector Ankit Anand, district panchayat chief executive officer Vipin Kumar Manjhi and officers of various construction and development departments were present at the meeting. Speaking to the contractors, the Minister said that non-completion of allotted works with prescribed quality and within the given time limit comes under criminal offence. He instructed the Bastar collector to initiate action to file FIR against such contractors. In the meeting, the Minister gave emphasis on the need to remove irregularities and shortcomings in the hostels and ashrams run by the Tribal Welfare department. He said that such shortcomings and irregularities that can be solved at local-level, should be done immediately.
The Minister instructed the officers concerned to complete the tender process of such construction and development work that should be completed in the current financial year and start them in September after preparation of estimate of the work. While reviewing ongoing works under MNREGA, the Minister instructed to make payment of the works within the time limit. The collector, in accordance to the instructions of the Minister, directed the officers of the department concerned to complete the works with quality and within the time limit.