Arunachal
Times: Itanagar: Tuesday, 29 December 2015.
Former
minister and public leader Medi Ram Dodum has alleged that fund under Rajiv
Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) meant for East Kamang district were
mis-utilized without any physical achievement.
As per
information obtained through RTI, all the 62 identified villages under Bameng
circle were electrified during 2008 to 2015, completion certificate issued and
fund disbursed to various contracting firms. But in reality none of the rural
areas have got electricity connection during that period, Dodum said.
It came to
light during a field visit that completion certificates were even issued
against villages where not a single electric pole/post was erected, the former
minister claimed.
The RTI paper
provided by the EE, Seppa Electrical Division further revealed that all the 236
identified villages of East Kameng district are claimed to have been
electrified under RGGVY during 2008 -2015. But the ground realities are
completely different, he said.
The scheme
supposed to bring light to the identified district with a budget amount of Rs
132 crores.
Dissatisfied
over the information provided by the concern EE, Dodum in a letter to the Chief
Engineer (Elect, W/Z), Department of Power sought photographic or video graphic
evidence of all those villages covered/electrified under RGVVY within Bameng
circle against which completion certificates were issued.
Dodum said he
will file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and will even demand for a CBI
inquiry into the matter in case of any failure to furnish the evidences as
sought by him within 15 days.
Meanwhile, a
team of public leaders from the district will meet the Prime Minister, Home
Minister and MoS (Ind) for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy to apprise them
about the matter and alleged gross misuse of fund under the scheme.
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