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| 63 works allotted without tendering at Nowshera Division in two years | | Shady affairs of Irrigation and Flood Control department | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, May 6: The maxim 'rules are for fools' seems to be the hallmark of the Irrigation and Flood Control Department (IFC) in Jammu and Kashmir, as the department has executed scores of works in Rajouri Division without inviting tenders.
A cursory look at the official documents, available with Early Times, revealed that in the past two years, the Department has undertaken 63 of works without inviting tenders, as the rules demand. This has raised a question mark on the financial dealings of the Department as the works executed in violation of codal formalities amount to crores of rupees.
"The IFC division Rajouri had executed 63 works of worth Rs 238.15 lacs without inviting tenders in the year 2012-13 and 2013-14", documents maintained, adding that while during said period only 67 works executed through tendering process of worth Rs 7, 39.43 lacs. Sources in department said asserting that the most of works were allotted 'arbitrarily' to 'blue-eyed persons' under the garb of exigency.
Officials believe that execution of works without tendering has become a norm in the IFC Department for varied reasons. "It is all politics," said an official, wishing anonymity. "The works are either allotted to the workers of political parties or the contractors who happen to be close to MLAs/ leaders in different localities. If you go and analyze the works undertaken, you will find gross violation of construction norms and use of substandard material. But there is nobody in the department to investigate and see whether the works undertaken were allotted and executed as per the norms", he said.
"The works include remodeling of Khul, Construction of distributaries, construction of inspection Hut and similar works cost several lacs rupees each were executed in said period", the documents revealed. |
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