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| Despite Moratorium, JKPCC buys 3 SUVs, spends Rs 75 Lac on Fuel | | CM's directive falls on deaf ears | | Sumit Sharma
JAMMU, Dec 13: Ignoring the directives of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir Project Construction Corporation (JKPCC) a State owned construction unit has not only purchased three luxurious Sport Utility Vehicles, SUVs Renault Duster but also drained and burnt fuel worth Rs. 75,42,804 during the year 2012-13.
The Corporation has also flouted the state transport policy regarding issuance of vehicles to the Government functionaries.
In response to an RTI query, the JKPCC has apprised the applicant and RTI Activist Mohammad Yasin Mir that in the month of September 2013 the Corporation had possessed three SUVs out of which one Renault Duster vehicle bearing temporary number AN-3819 stands attached with Chairman JKPCC, incharge Minister R&B, another SUV bearing no. AN 3818 is attached with Commissioner Secretary PWD and the third bearing no. AN-3820 is yet to be deployed with someone. The reply by the JKPCC has also revealed that it has fleet of 25 vehicles, including 19 cars and 6 commercial vehicles like trucks and tippers.
Although having its own fleet of vehicles, the Corporation has also hired 6 vehicles from the private parties without inviting tenders in violation of rules and have made a payment of Rs. 4,88,000. While sharing this information with the media, RTI activist Raman Sharma said that prima facie it is evident that the state owned corporation has purchased three luxurious vehicles in violation of the orders of the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah wherein year 2010 while chairing 85th meeting of the Board of Directors the C.M had directed JKPCC for putting a moratorium on purchase of high cost vehicles for next five years (till 2015 ).
Though the CM has directed that the vehicles required for field workers should be given preference over the high cost luxury ones and the proposal for purchase of vehicles should be got approved not only by the Chairman (Minister in-charge) of JKPCC but also by the Chief Minister. Raman also referred an order of the Transport Department bearing no. TR-33 SMG/2012 dated 03.06.2013 where is it being ordered that only Cabinet Ministers/Minister of State or other dignitaries having the status of the rank of a Minister can use (SUV) Tata Safari type vehicles.
He questioned the motive of the JKPCC to purchase three Renault Dusters despite the moratorium out of which one is yet to be deployed with someone which shows that there was not any emergency for the department to purchase these vehicles. In the RTI reply it is also revealed that flouting the Transport Department's guidelines even the private secretary of the Chairman is in possession of an Ambassador Car JK02G-3418 along with a permanent driver for which also the fuel charges are borne by the corporation. An amount of Rs. 3,64,796 as fuel charges is also borne by the Corporation for its vehicles attached with the Civil Secretariat that too without any formal request from any quarter.
A formal complaint to the Chief Minister has been made by activist Raman Sharma (via CM Grievance Cell no 45049) seeking a Vigilance probe in the matter for fixing responsibility on the officers who ignored the directives of the Chief Minister and for prohibiting the Corporation to further misuse the funds of the corporation. |
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