The police directorate has petitioned to “take responsibility” for the officers involved.
New Delhi:
Shortly after the Delhi government’s (DoV) vigilance directorate requested a “specialist body” to investigate alleged wrongdoings in the construction of classrooms for public schools in Delhi, Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia again criticized the BJP, accusing it of a political witch hunt. .
“The FIRs, the fee sheets, the vigilance reports are all written in the BJP’s office and distributed to the media. They are not given to ministers,” he said.
The Central Vigilance Committee (CVC) on February 17, 2020 reported alleging “obvious irregularities” by the government led by Arvind Kejriwal in the construction of 2,405 classrooms in 193 public schools in national capital.
It involved a “Rs 1,300 crore scam”, official sources said on Friday.
CVC sent a report to the Delhi government’s vigilance directorate seeking their opinion on the matter, in February 2020, but according to the report, no action has been taken. present for more than two years.
“However, the board of directors continued to review the report for two and a half years until Lieutenant General VK Saxena asked the chief secretary to investigate the delay in August of this year and sent the report,” a source said. told PTI news agency.
The vigilance board has also recommended a “decision of responsibility” to the relevant officials of the Ministry of Education and Disability who were involved in the “mess” in the amount of nearly Rs 1,300, they said.
“In addition to a number of procedural errors and violations of rules and guidelines intended to interfere with the procurement process, the DOV, in its report, specifically emphasized the role of individuals, namely ‘M/s Babbar and Associates Babbar’, who were not appointed as consultants, not only attended an important meeting held on June 21, 2016, in the chamber of the Minister Mr. disability but also impacting the Minister on post-bid changes made in work contracts in the name of “richer specifications” which resulted in additional financial impacts of Rs 205.45 crore,” the report said, according to news agency ANI.
“Constitutional add-ons/agencies (such as M/s Babbar & Babbar Associates) are running the government and making terms and conditions available to officials and the government as a whole both at the policy and regulatory levels. enforcement levels are carrying out such instructions from a private agency”. people in a place like the National Capital of the Country, are not only against the TBR, 1993 and other rules, regulations and guidelines, but also a serious threat to the stock side. This approach will lead to anarchy and administrative chaos,” the report reads further.
In April 2015, Premier Arvind Kejriwal directed the construction of more classrooms in public schools in Delhi. The Association of People with Disabilities was assigned the task of building 2405 classrooms in 193 schools. It carried out a survey to find out the requirements of the classes and based on the survey, it projected the total number of requests to be 7180 equivalent classrooms (ECRs) at 194 schools, almost triple compared to the requirement of 2405 classrooms.
CVC received a complaint on August 25, 2019, regarding irregularities and cost overruns in the construction of classrooms. Construction costs have increased by up to 90% in the name of “richer specifications” without the need for a tender. Delhi government has sanctioned cost escalation of Rs 500 crore without tender.
As a result of the CVC investigation report, bids were floated for the works proposed and initially approved, but subsequently, the contract value awarded varied from 17% to 90% due to “information richer specifications”.
Costs escalated to Rs 326.25 crore, 53% higher than the bid amount awarded.
“At 194 schools, 1214 toilets have been built compared to the required 160 toilets at an additional cost of Rs 37 billion. Toilets are calculated by the Delhi government and are expected to be classrooms. Only There are 4027 classrooms built in 141 schools,” the report said. ANI.
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