DC, Darrang hinted possible action against erring officials in the alleged multi crore scam of ‘SBM-G’
By Mayukh Goswami
Mangaldai : Darrang Deputy Commissioner Ghanashyam Dass has hinted at the possible punishment of the government officials involved in the alleged scam related to implementation of Swacch Bharat Mission Gramin (SBM-G) for the period 2017-18 & 2018-19. Deputy Commissioner Dass in response to queries raised by a section of media persons regarding allegation of mass irregularities in construction of individual house hold latrines (IHHL) and other relevant works under the centrally sponsored scheme . “ The official report of inquiry conducted by an officer in the rank of an additional district magistrate in this connection has already been submitted and now the course of action will be taken by the government against the erring officials .” , Deputy Commissioner included . Deputy Commissioner Dass was interacting with the local media on Wednesday afternoon in his office conference for the first time after assuming office as the new Deputy Commissioner of the district nearly one month back.
It is worth to be mentioned here that the Mangaldai Division of the Public Health Engineering Department was the Nodal implementing agency and the division had to suffer a huge burden of undue payment amounting several crores of rupees by the present Executive Engineer cum Nodal Officer of the Division even though crores of rupees public money had been released days before the retirement of the then Executive Engineer Manabendra Bikash Dhar of which news report has been published by PNI in the month of December , 2018 .
Interacting with the media in presence of Additional Deputy Commissioner , Kalpana Deka , Election Officer , Mangaldai Kartik Kalita and District Information Officer Manimala Gogoi . Deputy Commissioner had a patient hearing to the issues of perennial problems of the district especially in the health and education sector. Throwing light on his prime three fold agenda as the Deputy Commissioner i.e prompt and effective resolving of public grievances in , bringing desired pace to the developmental activities and creating citizen centric administration , Deputy Commissioner expected necessary feed back of his functions from the common people of the district and said “ Public of the district are my ears and eyes .”
Earlier the Deputy Commissioner cum Election Officer of Darrang Election District , Dass briefed the media about their preparation for the ensuing general elections of the country . He apprised the media about the new technologies to be introduced in the next election for the first time in the State which included VVPAT and smart phone supported new application software called “C-Vigil” . He informed media that altogether twenty four teams six in each of the four LACs under the Election District have already placed into service to create awareness drive among the general voters regarding the functions and mechanism of the VVPAT . He also underlined in importance of proper use of the mobile app “C-Vigil” which would enable citizens to report on violation of model code of conduct during election with supporting photos and videos directly from the spot of occurrence. The meeting also witnessed Deputy Commissioner Ghanashyam Dass delivering a cheque of Rs 60,000 to journalist Kusha Sharma under the Journalists’ Medical Welfare Scheme of the State Government .
