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| Ex-Secy Education traveled 134 kms daily! | | Loot of taxpayers' money-IV | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 17: Believe it or not, an IAS officer who was Administrative Secretary in the Higher Education Ministry of J&K until recently, used to travel 134 kms on an average every day. This is not a fairy tale, as the department has itself provided these details to an RTI applicant.
The information provided by the Higher Education Department under J&K RTI Act 2009 vide its office letter No: HE/RTI/2016/193 dated 4.7.2016 says that the Secretary, Hemant Sharma, IAS, now Secretary Cooperatives, traveled 134 kms per day on an average from January to June 2016.
Details available with Early Times reveal that two official vehicles were attached with the said Secretary, who is now transferred to Cooperative Ministry in state. One vehicle of Claz make was used by Secretary himself and another vehicle Bolero was attached with his personal staff. Claz traveled 134 kms/day and Bolero on an average traveled 55 kms daily.
When the reason was sought for such a huge distance travelled, the PIO of the Department said that Secretary has to travel from Jammu to Srinagar and vice versa. In addition to it Secretary traveled to several areas in connection with meetings and other activities. The same reply was given by Secretary ARI and Training's as well as Law Secretary's office who too have traveled long distances between 85 & 135 kms on an average from last 6 months.
People are fully aware that administrative Secretary's never travel by car from Jammu to Srinagar or Srinagar to Jammu. In addition to it Administrative Secretaries have no field work and it is unbelievable that said officers would travel more than 40 kms.
Recently, Early Times reported that in six months (February to July 2016), Commissioner/Secretary, Animal/Sheep Husbandry Department traveled a distance of 21, 930 kms. Which means average distance traveled was 164.30 kms. If we deduct 40 kms per day up and down between the residence and office, then the officer covered 124.5 kms per day, that is, 6.5 hours per day during his office time. When officers would travel 6.5 hours out of 8 Hours, it can be easily conceived his dedication towards his official duties?
Similarly, the Law Secretary had also traveled around 84 kms on an average from last 6 months.
When details were sought for such long distance travels, the PIO replied that officer traveled from Jammu to Srinagar and vice versa, but people are fully aware that IAS officers seldom travel by car to Jammu and Srinagar.
Pertinent to mention that similar RTI query had exposed a scam involving swindling of public money under the garb of field travel. The information provided to an information seeker had revealed that Commissioner Secretary to Government ARI & Trainings department had traveled more than 19,500 kms in last 6 months and on an average the officer has traveled 136 kms per day. Early Times had filed a report on this issue few months back. Under Secretary ARI & Training's department vide RTI reply No: ARI/Genl/38/2016 dated 24.6.2016 revealed that Department gave all the misleading and incorrect information to the information seeker. Early Times is in possession of more information which pertains to few other IAS officers and Administrative Secretaries, the same would be exposed in the days to come. |
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