Reiterating that the State Government has been working with zero tolerance policy, Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that it was committed to provide basic quality infrastructure to the people of the State. According to Das, any defective work done either by a department or by any agency will be probed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and cases will be registered against them accordingly.
The CM also directed the Anti-Corruption Bureau to probe construction works of small bridges and roads under Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in 2012-13 to 214-15 in Gumla and other places. From 2012-13 to 2014-15, PIU constructed 27 roads and bridges, NPCC 25 and NBCC 4 roads and bridges under Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana. During this period, PIU constructed 721, NPCC 153, NBCC 121, HSCl 194 and IRCON constructed 2 schemes in the 24 districts of the State.
On the basis of the complaints lodge by general public, the Bureau will probe 137 schemes of PIU, 32 of NPCC, 23 of NBCC, 38 of HSCl and 1 scheme of IRCON.
Notably, a special committee of Jharkhand legislative Assembly recommended investigation into the construction of 13 roads and small bridges after lodging criminal cases against all responsible officers and staff.
Meanwhile, Das directed the ACB to take five cases (case no. 398/15 dated on April 18 case no 630/15 dated June16, case no 392/15 dated April 17, case no 657/15 dated June 23 and case no 665/15 dated June 26) registered in 2015 and related to land acquisition at Dhanbad from the district police for further investigation.
All the accused in land acquisition cases have been arrested and sent to judicial custody.
The irregularities related with land acquisition were probed by the Anti Corruption Bureau, Jharkhand. Primary investigations had revealed that the compensation amount to the beneficiaries had been paid through middlemen causing monetary loss to the rayats and the State Government.