8 officers suspended in the drinking water scam in Theog, Himachal Pradesh were interrogated for a long time at the Vigilance Headquarters today. The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) has also seized records related to water transportation from these officials. Before this, Vigilance Team SDM Daf
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Vigilance’s SIU had also summoned 4 water supply contractors to the headquarters for questioning on Monday. But only one contractor has joined the investigation. Jal Shakti Department has already suspended the contractors. Now Vigilance is also preparing to crack down on them.
Let us tell you that last Friday, the state government had suspended 10 officers in the drinking water supply scam in Theog and along with the departmental inquiry, it had also handed over the investigation to Vigilance. Vigilance has formed SIU under the leadership of Additional SP Vigilance Navdeep to investigate this matter.
He was suspended
After preliminary investigation, the government has arrested Matyana Division’s Suresh Kumar, Matyana’s JE Neem Chand, retired JE Sudarshan and Dharech Fagu’s JE Sunil Kumar suspended. Is.
CPI(M) MLA had made allegations of embezzlement
Former CPI(M) MLA Rakesh Singha had termed as false the claim of providing water worth Rs 1 crore 13 lakh to the people in Theog through tankers. He had alleged, ‘Water was transported in bike, Alto car, K-10, Honda City car and Bolero of the Horticulture Director.
22 thousand liters of water was carried on a bike in 11 trips. In lieu of this, Rs 23 thousand was paid. In Shimla, 15 thousand liters of water was supplied from the Bolero vehicle of the Horticulture Director. In return, an amount of Rs 94 thousand was given to the contractor.
Singha said- corruption exposed through RTI
Rakesh Singha, citing RTI information, had said that the Jal Shakti Department in Theog had provided water to the people during the summer this year and when the payment was made to the contractor, it seemed like a big embezzlement. He has demanded investigation from the Chief Secretary and appropriate action. If this did not happen, he also warned of gheraoing the secretariat.
Carried water on bike
Singha said that the Jal Shakti Department has also provided water to people on bikes. When the contractor produced the bills to collect the bills, numbers of vehicles like bike, Alto car, K-10, Honda City car and Bolero of the Horticulture Director were given. A vehicle was shown running 500 to 1000 kilometers in a single day, which is not possible in the mountains.
Singha He said that every year Rs 10-12 lakh were spent on water supply in Theog. But in 2024 this figure suddenly crossed one crore. Many vehicle numbers were also shown which do not exist. Even in some areas where there are no roads, water supply was shown through vehicles.
Rakesh Singha said, the water supply money was paid to the contractor within a month. The officials also paid the bill without investigation. There is a huge shortage of water every year in Theog area, but due to the scam people could not get relief. There should be a high level investigation into the scam and in this case there should be milk of milk and water of water.