FUND IRREGULARITIES IN KENDU LEAF CIRCLE ALLEGED
Monday, 28 October 2013 |
PNS | BALANGIR | in Bhubaneswar
Members
of Odisha Kendu Leaf Employees’
Union Paikmal, led by its secretary of Padampur Kendu Leaf Division Pradeep
Purohit, Dhiren Mohanty and others, have demanded a thorough probe into the
financial irregularities to the tune of crores of rupees committed in the
Padampur division during the tenure of DFO (Kendu Leaf) Debarbata Roy.
According
to the petition submitted to Chief Conservator of Forest (Kendu Leaf),
Balangir, DFO Roy along with other Forest officials was involved in large-scale financial irregularities
through false bills and vouchers, manipulation of papers and payment of less
wages to workers during his six
years tenure.
The DFO
had also taken the signature of Munshi on plain
paper to misappropriate around Rs 27lakh. Moreover, the money
sanctioned for repairing of Phadi house (where kendu leaf is stored) has not
been used properly and misappropriation of fund to the tune of Rs 15 lakh was
committed, the petition further alleged.
Employees
like Munshi have been paid wages for less number of days. Also a good amount
out of the sanctioned Rs 1.55 crore has been embezzled as only 40,000 labourers
were engaged, the petitionalleged.
Moreover,
one Malti Putel, wife of Dhawajaram Putel of Sukuli Pahad village, alleged that
her husband was working as a watchman in Padampur sub-division and he was
removed from job after he refused to
work in the residence of the DFO in Bhubaneswar.
However
being asked, Roy declined to
comment on the allegations. “I have ordered a probe into the allegations and
after the probe over I shall give my comments,” said Chief Conservator of
Forest (KL), Balangir Circle, Ajaya Raizada on Saturday.
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