Jaipur : Irregularities have come to light in the sewer line work done in Jodhpur under the Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project (RUDIP) by the then Congress government of Rajasthan. Most of the work in this was done in the assembly constituency of the then Chief Minister and Sardarpura MLA Ashok Gehlot. This was revealed in the report of the high level investigation committee constituted by Jodhpur Inspector Ruddeep last month. In the additional sewer line work done by Ruddeep during the then Congress government, 15.12 kilometers of pipes were laid in Gehlot’s assembly constituency, whereas in Sursagar Assembly, leave alone the additional work, only 13.34 kilometers of the planned 32.45 kilometers was done. to be done. Similarly, 67 kilometers of work was proposed in the city assembly, but 21.29 kilometers of work was done. In this also, despite additional work of 3.89 kilometers, only 25.18 kilometers of work was done. The investigation report revealed that work worth Rs 36 crore on 34 kilometers of sewer line was done elsewhere instead of in the areas where it was supposed to be done.
Allegations…Bills raised without work
Both the BJP MLAs allege that many works have been done for which the bills were raised, but the work was not done on the spot. Now Ruddeep officials are also busy investigating this matter. Rudeep’s SE Sanjay Mathur said that the work has been investigated by a team from Jaipur. Action will be taken at the headquarters level only.
Allegation was made… corruption was rampant
This issue was also raised in the Assembly by city MLA Atul Bhansali and Sursagar MLA Devendra Joshi. The MLAs had alleged that there was massive corruption in the works done by Ruddeep on behalf of the previous government. The work which was to be done in the city and Sursagar. Those works were reduced and got done in the assembly of former Chief Minister Gehlot. Only after this the state government ordered an investigation into this matter.
This also came to light in the report…
At the behest of local leaders, MLA and the then Collector, the works were shifted elsewhere without the permission of the competent authority.
Bills worth about Rs 15 crore were passed bypassing the procedure followed before replacing the old sewer line and without verification from the accounts branch. Whereas no work was done on the spot.
About 14.5 times more rupees were paid to the contractor.
Sewer line was to be laid at a place with population density of more than 100, but bypassing it, the work was done in Mandore of Sardarpura Vis area.
