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SRINAGAR, Mar 7: Failure of the Department of Youth Services and Sports to ensure transfer/acquisition of encumbrance free land before undertaking execution of project for construction of an Indoor Complex/Rifle shooting range-cum-open play-field at Nagrota, Jammu has resulted in irregular expenditure of Rs. 1.04 crore and blockage of funds of Rs. 0.76 crore.
This was pointed out by the Comptroller and Auditor General Report placed in the State legislature recently. The CAG report said for the development of facilities, Department of Youth Services and Sports conceived a project for construction of an Indoor Complex/Rifle-shooting range-cum-open play-field at Nagrota, Jammu during the year 2008-09. For this purpose, Government land measuring 70 kanals situated behind Sainik School Nagrota was identified and the matter in this regard was taken up by the Director General Youth Services and Sports in October 2008 with the Vice Chairman Jammu Development Authority (JDA). The Director General of the Department also approached the Managing Director, J&K Projects Construction Corporation Limited for construction of the project without formal transfer and possession of identified land. The company submitted cost offer of Rs. 6.49 crore for the project to the department to be completed within a period of 12 months.
CAG report reveals Rs. 50 lakh was placed in December 2008 at the disposal of the JKPCC by the DG Sports without accord administrative approval for the project. The work on the project was started by JKPCC in January 2009 which was stopped by JDA in August 2009 on the plea that the department had neither got the land transferred not the requisite building permission obtained from them.
Apart from this, a private person claiming to be owner of a portion (four kanals and 18 marlas) of land approached the Court of Law which directed in December 2009 for demarcation of land by the Revenue Authorities.
The report reveals that the Department further released Rs. 1.30 crore during the period 2010-12 in favour of JKPCC. The construction work stopped by the JDA in August 2009 was intermittently resumed by PCC and was again suspended in November 2011. An expenditure of Rs. 1.04 crore was incurred on various components of the project as of November 2012. After this was pointed out in the audit, the Director Youth Services and Sports stated in December 2012 that the matter regarding transfer of land was under active consideration of the Government. The matter had, however, not been resolved till April 2013. |
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