The Justice H N Nagamohan Das Fee investigating irregularities in works carried out by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) between 2019 and 2023 has discovered irregularities to the tune of Rs 3,049.35 crore.
The Fee, fashioned in 2023, seemed into 761 initiatives taken up underneath the heads: Strong Waste Administration, Storm Water Drains, Lake Growth, Good Metropolis initiatives and ward-level initiatives. It has advisable disciplinary motion in opposition to officers answerable for the sub-standard works and different lapses in these initiatives.
Below the part ‘Lake Growth Works and Good Metropolis Tasks and Ward Degree Works’, the Fee seemed into 528 initiatives and located lapses to the tune of Rs 1,300.08 crore. Among the many 528 initiatives, 305 have been carried out with out administrative approval, 137 have been carried out with out floating tenders, and a mismatch was present in tender paperwork for 344 initiatives, based on paperwork accessed by The Indian Categorical.
Spot inspection of those initiatives confirmed that 15 initiatives underneath the pinnacle have been licensed to be accomplished, although the mission was incomplete. The variety of initiatives which weren’t carried out within the areas the place they have been presupposed to be was 25. An audit of those initiatives revealed that payments weren’t cleared based on seniority in 268 initiatives.
The Fee has highlighted lapses of Rs 810.12 crore underneath the pinnacle ‘Storm Water Drain initiatives and Map Approval, Occupancy Certificates (OC) issued by City Planning Division of Central Zone’. Inspection of mission information, spot inspections, and critiques of accounts for 103 initiatives have been carried out underneath this part. The assessment discovered lapses in mission information for all works reviewed, variations in 38 initiatives throughout spot inspections, and discrepancies in accounts for 81 initiatives.
Among the many highlights have been the implementation of 43 initiatives with out administrative approval, 24 initiatives carried out with out a tender course of, and variations in tender paperwork for 74 initiatives.
Equally, underneath the part ‘Investigative report on Street Growth initiatives and permission to put in OFC cables’, 115 initiatives have been reviewed. The price of initiatives during which the Fee highlighted lapses was Rs 875.38 crore underneath the ‘Strong Waste Administration Tasks’ part, Justice Das has discovered lapses in initiatives value Rs 63.77 crore.
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The report mentioned many of the lapses have been present in works carried out in 4 zones of BBMP. “It can’t be dominated out that officers and contractors connived. Subsequently, the Fee recommends submitting civil and felony instances in opposition to officers, engineers, audit workers, mission planners, contractors and others concerned in illegalities through the implementation of the mission,” the Fee mentioned.
Motion needs to be initiated even when the officers are retired from service, it added.
The report was submitted to the state authorities on August 30. Although the report was anticipated to be taken up for dialogue over the past Cupboard assembly held on September 4, the federal government deferred dialogue on the identical to the subsequent assembly scheduled for September 11.