Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, August 10: The South Andaman Zilla Parishad has handed over two high profile corruption cases to Anticorruption unit.
As per reports the corruption cases were reported several years back but for some reasons till now the cases were not handed over to Anticorruption but now following directions of the present Chief Secretary the cases have been handed over to Anticorruption unit.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha recently, the Chief Executive Officer of SAZP, Mr Ramesh Verma said that the cases of non-functional Garacharma Crematorium and illegal diversion of Rs. 10 crores of PMGSY for other works have been given to Anticorruption now.
As per details in Garacharma Crematorium project nearly Rs. 73 Lakhs of tax payers’ money was siphoned off.
The payment for the project was released to the concerned agency but the crematorium has not been used for a single day.
He further added that in past Rs 10 crore under PMGSY scheme which was diverted for some other purposes and this case has also been transferred for the vigilance inquiry.
This is a welcome step that finally the Administration has shown commitment in fighting with corruption in Zilla Parishad but delay of several years in taking this simple step of handing over the case to Anticorruption, also show that slowly the wheel of bureaucracy moves.
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