Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Thursday ordered departmental proceedings against seven perople including former Chairman SN Verma and the then Member (Finance) of the then Jharkhand State Electricity Board for financial irregularities in Swarnrekha Multipurpose Hydel project, Sikidari. He has also instructed to make CBI aware of the findings of the three-member committee probing the incident so that the points of criminal conspiracy angle of the case could be clear for the Central agency probing the case.
The CBI is probing a case of financial irregularities in the Swarnrekha Multipurpose Hydel project Phase 1 and Phase 2. The works were undertaken by Bharat Heavy Electricals ltd for `20.87 crore.
Das also ordered to blacklist Northern Power Erector limited (NPEl) that has been found to be indulged in irregularities related to maintenance and repair in the hydel project. Main accused in the case are retired Chief Engineer (GTO) GSN Munda, retired Chief Engineer (GTO) JUSNl DN Ram, retired project manager SRHP BK Chaudhary and Executive Engineer PTPS Praveen Kumar.
The CM said that the fact cannot be ignored in the whole episode that the officers of BHEl, JSEB and NPEl were involved in criminal conspiracy and the Government will take strict action against the culprits.
Notably, under the orders passed by Jharkhand High Court in PIl cases CWJC No&1793@2001 WP¼PIl½ No & 4611 @ 2009 and WP(PIl) No 2918/2010 the CBI is probing cases of irregularities committed by JSEB officials in the hydel project.
The State Government had formed a three member panel headed by Finance Secretary Amit Khare for review of special repairs and maintenance of Swarnrekha Multipurpose Hydel Project, Sikidari ordered by the Central Electricity Tribunal and Accountant Generag of Jharkhand. Principal Secretary of Energy department SKG Rahate and MD cum Chief Engineer Electricty Supply Area, Ranchi OP Ambasta were the other two members of the panel.
In the year 2005 the work of repair and maintenance at the hydel project was done by BHEl on nomination basis for `59.75 lakh only.