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Who will fix responsibility for irregular execution of works in PWD?
Receipt of funds incorrectly projected, authorities in a fix
1/11/2022 11:28:13 PM
Early Times Report

Jammu, Jan 11: Reports pertaining to the receipt of funds incorrectly projected as having been executed are coming to the fore in the R&B department with details emerging about payment of Rs 2.23 crore was made for 61 works.
Documents reveal that the Chief Engineer, PW (R&B) Department, Jammu forwarded in April 2016 to the Commissioner Secretary, PW(R&B) Department, a statement of work done claims amounting to Rs 155.47 crore in respect of 276 roads for sanctioning of funds under the project. The statement included work done claims of Rs 4.57 crore in respect of eight works pertaining to four Divisions. The works are (1) Main Road Trikuta Nagar including allied links (2) Road from Macca Masjid and Main Road Gulmarg Colony including allied links (3) (i) Satwari to Technical Gate (Double Lane : 400 Mtrs) (ii) Technical Gate to MH Gate (Double Lane: 600 Mtrs), (iii) Satwari Chowk to Manik Shah Chowk (Three Lane: 650 Mtrs) (iv) Manik Shah Chowk to Technical Gate (Three Lane: 550 Mtrs) (4) Kullian Laswara road including link road to Draptha Village (50 mm thick BM +25 mm thick SDBC) (5) City Road in Jammu West Constituency (a) Rehari Chungi to Patoli via Sarwal (b) Rehari Chungi to Patoli via Subash Nagar and Toph Chowk (c) Subash Nagar to Shiv Nagar (d) Rehari colony to Shakti Nagar via Rajpura (e) Patoli Chowk to Paloura Chowk (f) Main Bakshi Nagar Road (g) Rehari Colony to Maheshpura Chowk via Baby Caterers (h) Canal head to Toph Bridge via A.G. Office including road Toph Chowk via Best price (6) Kamini mohalla Nagrota (7) Ghagwal Town road, Ghagwal Rajpura Road (3.00 km Double lane and 4.50 km Single lane) and Ghagwal - Raghu Chak Malani road and (8) Dayalachak-Hiranagar-Jandi road (single lane) in the divisions namely Construction Division (CD I), Jammu (4), CD II, Jammu (2), Kathua (1) and Samba (1)
However, these eight works in actuality were awarded for execution between May 2016 and March 2017 after furnishing of statement of work done claims to higher authorities in April 2016. The Chief Engineer, PW (R&B) Department, Jammu has submitted to the government that a work-wise action plan of macadamization-to paves by laying and compacting successive layers of broken stone, with water, asphalt, or hot tar- of roads for Rs 200 crore was submitted in February 2016 for approval and accordingly, the Administrative Department released work-wise funds.
However, as per the documents, an amount of Rs 11.26 crore was sanctioned in August 2016 and March 2017 to I&FC Division, Poonch for 159 works executed after the floods of September 2014 to clear the outstanding liabilities. Of this, payment of Rs 2.23 crore was made for 61 works which were, however, executed between August 2016 and March 2018 after the receipt of funds incorrectly projected as having been executed.
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