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| Govt to probe 'undue' liabilities of Rs 1,000 Cr created by PDP-BJP regime | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 17: The state government is likely to order probe into the "undue" liabilities to the tune of a whopping over Rs 1,000 crore it owes to contractors for the development works done during the Peoples Democratic Party- Bharatiya Janta Party regime that lasted for three years.
Highly placed sources said "undue liabilities" have been put on the government because the previous government spent more money on development works than what was allocated to them for the same.
The sources said the "political pressures" may have forced the concerned officials to get works done for which there were no funds.
"The works that were executed were done without any requisite allocation of funds and this is something very serious. Unless a probe is ordered and responsibility is fixed on as to who all are responsible for the financial mess, such a plunder of state exchequer will only set bad precedence," said a senior official on the condition of anonymity.
He said Raj Bhawan has been informed about the "financial mess" that was created during the previous regime and that unless a probe is ordered the "misuse of authority as may have been done by ministers in the previous regime will enjoy impunity."
Sources said the Raj Bhawan is taking feedback on the issue from the financial experts and that a decision would be taken in the coming days.
While the contractors are staging protests, the government said it has no funds to pay it owes to them.
Sources said the liability has been accumulated since 2014. The officials said that even the payments for "repair of roads and other patchwork" carried out in 2014 are pending.
Sources said the Raj Bhawan is likely to constitute a committee to look into the matter so that no such "misadventure" is repeated by any government in future. |
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