Delhi school scam: More trouble for AAP as Vigilance Department alleges probe in fraud worth Rs.1300 cr
Rs.1300 cr Delhi school scam: Trouble deepens for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of Delhi MCD polls as the Directorate of Vigilance (DoV) of the Delhi government has submitted its report to the chief secretary in a case of alleged “irregularities and corruption” in the construction of 2,405 classrooms in 193 schools and has recommended probe.
DoV submitted a report alleging a Delhi school scam to the tune of Rs.1300 crore. The report is related to a complaint dated August 22, 2022, with regard to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) report dated February 17, 2020, highlighting glaring irregularities in the construction of additional classrooms in Delhi government schools by PWD. The CVC had sent the report to the DoV seeking its comments on the matter.
The DoV report, prepared after seeking the responses of the Education Department and the PWD, prima facie points towards a major scam and has suggested “a detailed investigation by a specialized agency”.
The Vigilance Department has also recommended “fixing the responsibilities of the concerned officials of the Education Department and PWD” who were involved in the bungling to the tune of nearly Rs.1,300 crore. It has also recommended forwarding its findings along with the replies of PWD and the Education Department to the CVC for consideration, said a source on Friday.
Apart from several procedural lapses and violation of rules and manuals to tamper with the tender process, the DoV, in its report, has specifically underlined the role of private persons viz. “M/s Babbar and Babbar Associates“, who, without being appointed as a consultant, not only attended a crucial meeting held on June 21, 2016, in the chamber of the then PWD Minister but also influenced the Minister for post-tender changes done in the work contracts in the name of “richer specifications” that resulted into additional financial implications of Rs.205.45 crore.
In the report, the Secretary (Vigilance) has observed that “extra-constitutional agencies/ persons (like M/s Babbar & Babbar Associates) were running the administration and dictating the terms and conditions to the officers and the entire administration both at the policy level as well as the execution level and were implementing such directions of a private person in a place like national capital of the country, which is not only against TBR, 1993 and other rules, regulations and guidelines, besides being a serious threat to the securities aspect. This kind of approach will lead to administrative anarchy and chaos.”
The matter was escalated in August this year as Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena sought a report from the Chief Secretary over this delay. In its report submitted to the Chief Secretary, the DoV stated that the “grave irregularities and corruption” in the construction of 2405 classrooms and in 193 schools prima facie hints towards a major scam. Moreover, it recommended a “detailed investigation by a specialized agency“.
[With Inputs from IANS]
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