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Govt. orders departmental inquiry into misuse of funds

By Our Staff Correspondent

RAICHUR, DEC. 30. The State Government has ordered a departmental inquiry into the alleged misappropriation of funds and diversion of foodgrains under the food-for-work scheme at the Yermarus Irrigation Division near here in the past two years.

It is expected that a team from the Department of Water Resources will arrive here on January 6 to conduct an inspection of the division.

The Accountant General, Bangalore, had despatched a two-member special squad to the Yermarus division to inspect accounts and verify records pertaining to the food-for-work scheme after a team of officials from the State Accounts Department discovered the alleged mismanagement.

Records not produced

The special squad, headed by Narasimhamurthy, conducted an inspection at the Yermarus division for five days from December 20.

In its preliminary inspection, the team found that the division had not produced the records and documents pertaining to the implementation of the food-for-work scheme in the past two years.

The team found that the officials had violated the Karnataka Transparency Act while implementing the scheme.

Complaints

The special squad also said that the officials at the division had tried to submit false records and vouchers. On inquiry, the Chief Engineer of the Irrigation Central Zone, Munirabad, Udyal, told The Hindu that there had been complaints that the division had misappropriated the funds and foodgrains.

Mr. Udyal said that he would initiate action against the officials after going through the final report on the investigation.

The Deputy Commissioner, H.V. Parsvanath, told that the officials concerned at the Yermarus division had not submitted utilisation certificates for the funds and foodgrains allotted under the food-for-work scheme. The squad submitted a report to the Accountant General recommending that the State Government conduct a departmental inquiry into the mismanagement of funds and foodgrains at the division.

Suspension

Official sources said the Accountant General had written to the Government recommending the suspension of of two officials.

Accordingly, Mahesh, Secretary of the Water Resources Department, constituted a special team of officials from the department on Wednesday to investigate the alleged mismanagement of funds and foodgrains at the Yermarus Irrigation Division.

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