Dindori (Madhya Pradesh): Panchayat officials seem to have turned a blind eye to the non-standard material being used for a check dam in KhamhiVidaypur village Panchayat in Dindori. A controversial sub-engineer of the Rural Engineering Services (RES) responsible for building a check dam, officials have turned a blind eye to the goings-on.
(With inputs from Ravi Raj Bilaiya)
According to sources in the RES, a controversial sub-engineer is responsible for using non-standard construction material for the check dam for preserving water. According to chairman of Nirman Samiti (construction committee) of Dindori, Nanku Singh Paraste, the sub-engineer, responsible for the construction of the check dam worth over Rs 10 lakh in KhamhiVidaypur, did not put any information on the notice board about the work.
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Nor he remains present at the spot during any inspection, Paraste said. As a result, he uses non-standard material for the construction and wastes government money, he said. The situation has come to such a pass that the sub-engineer is not even using a vibrator, Paraste said, adding that it indicates the work is in want of quality.
As the construction has been reportedly handed over to the material supplier, there is a question mark on the role of the Panchayat representatives, Paraste said, adding that they are keeping mum over the non-standard work. When the issue was put up before chief executive of Janpad Panchayat Nikhilesh Katare, he said as he had come to know of the non-standard construction of the check dam, he would set up a committee to inquire into the case. Once the probe report is submitted, action will be taken against the guilty, he said.