Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 23 2010:
An amount of Rs162 lakh is alleged to have been misappropriated in Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) for Water Supply Zonal Station Project at Mayang Imphal in a statement of the Brave Boys' Association (BBA) of Mayang Imphal in Imphal West district today.
The association charged that for the construction of Water supply Zonal Station at Mayang Imphal having work order for Slow sand filter, Setting tank, Chowkidar quarter cum Godown, Pump House, Compound fencing, and fixing main distribution pipelines which were awarded to contactor VS Ngainingkhui and Construction of Ground reservoir was awarded to contractor Morung Maring, a total estimate cost of Rs 162 lakhs were released but the two contractors in connivance with officials of PHED took out the money without completion of the work and little work carried out was also of very poor quality.
The statement signed by its Secretary General M Yaima stated that with the help of RTI when they sought detail information on the construction of the Water Supply Zonal Station at Mayang Imphal it was came to know that final bills for the works were paid by March 31, 1999 after some works begins and before completion.
The little work they carried out was of very poor quality and the water supply project is not commission till date.
The quality of the little works carried out before the withdrawal of the final bill was not controlled, they alleged citing that the reservoir has collapsed at many portion.
The press release alleged that the contractors in connivance with PHED officials have misappropriated Rs.162 lakh as not a drop of water is available by public from the project for which final bill had withdrawn asserting that it amount looting Government treasury and misleading the public.