OPTCL-
An Institution of Secrecy with huge Corruption for benefit of corporate house
and bureaucrats
(Exposed under RTI)
Dear friends
After receipt of information under RTI on
11.7.17, a team of RTI Activists had
filed complaint dated 24.7.17 to Chief Secretary, Govt. of
Odisha seeking vigilance inquiry into huge
corruption and irregularities in the matter of selection of Final Bidder M/s
High Tech Systems & Services for supply of “12 nos. new design ERS Towers
suitable for 400kv transmission line network of OPTCL as per Tender
(No. Sr. G.M.-CPC-ICB-ERS-24/2015) for ERS (Emergency Restoration Service)
suitable for 400KV Transmission line Network for OPTCL. Because this Company
has been selected without following due tender procedure. I had also appraised Chief
Secretary that this corruption is masterminded by Hemant Shamra, IAS, CMD of OPTCL and to stop release of money to the said Company.
But the Chief Secretary did not take any
steps to stop release of money. In the
meantime, on 18.7.17, OPTCL hurriedly released money amounting Rs. 5,09,77,869.00 ( 80% of total fund Rs. 6,90,24,822.00
sanctioned ) to M/s Hitech Systems and Services Ltd., Kolkatta, a channel
partner of Tower Solutions, Canada, the
manufacturing Company Tower Solutions, Canada
without any testing of materials.
Then, I field RTI Application
for inspection of materials supplied by the Company. My application was kept
pending for 4 months without any response and I was not allowed for inspection.
When I filed first appeal dt. 26.10.17, the PIO immediately sent me a letter
for inspection of materials. However, On
15.11.17,
I was allowed for inspection of ERS materials in presence of store keepers of
stores of OPTCL located at Mancheswar, Bhubaneswar. After
reaching on the spot, I met
General Manager, Stores Division and store-keepers to show the materials and asked them to
explain technicalities of materials.
They expressed their helplessness to explain me details, as they do not
have idea about this technology. On query about who are the technical persons
of OPTCL having knowledge about this technology, they replied that no such
technical person is available in OPTCL. I got astonished why OPTCL purchased
these ERS materials, when it does not have expertise to handle it. During
inspection, I also observed that the materials
supplied do not belong to that company
which was awarded final
bidder. The Tower Solutions is not at all Manufacturer Company. The material has been mobilised from
different companies of other countries
like Brazil and China. When I wanted to take photograph of the materials, I was
not allowed to take it. The General Manager advised me to file another RTI to
get the photograph of materials.
Then, on 16.11.17, I submitted RTI
Application to the PIO of OPTCL for further inspection of materials and seeking
photograph of the said materials. Besides
that , I also wanted to know the
following information from OPTCL.
iv. Provide name
of the technical expert who has
inspected the materials of Tower Solutions, Canada before it is being supplied to OPTCL in
2017.
v. Provide name of
officers or experts who have tested quality of ERS tower materials delivered to
OPTCL by Tower solutions, Canada
vi. Provide name
of officers or technical experts who are
having expertise to handle and fix ERS materials supplied by Tower solutions, Canada.
viii. Provide name of the technical experts of
OPTCL having knowledge and
expertise about use of ERS suitable for 400KV Transmission
line Network.
On 15.12.17, the PIO
has denied to provide me
opportunity to take photograph of the
materials while giving his consent for
inspection. Now it is clear that
as all ERS materials are fake
and low grade and now
product of Tower Solutions, the
OPTCL officials are not allowing to take
photograph of materials. There is huge
transaction of kickbacks among top
officials of OPTCL to finalise tender in favour of Tower Solutions. The documents provided by Tower Solutions are
fake and forged which I had demanded for inquiry.
Regarding technicalities of
ERS materials, I had sought the information about name of
technical experts who inspected
the materials before it was shipped or dispatch, officers who have inspected
materials at OPTCL site after it is delivered etc. As per Inspection clause of Purchase order
no. 953-000310 dt. 22.6.2016, the
following terms and conditions has been cited.
“ The
materials covered by the Purchase Order
are subject to inspection and
testing anytime prior to shipment and / or dispatch and /to final inspection within a reasonable time after arrival at site. Inspectors shall have right to carry out inspection and testing
which will include the raw materials
at manufacturer’s shop and at the time of actual
dispatch before and after completion of packing.”
On 15.12.17, the PIO has provided the information no technical inspector has
undertaken any inspection of materials
at Manufacturer’s site and prior
to shipment. Even OPTCL does not have expertise nor any technical person to handle ERS technology. Now the question
comes how and why OPTCL hurriedly
purchased ERS Tower for 400KV line
without technical inspection. As there was huge deal of money and kickbacks
by top officials in Govt. of Odisha, the officials of OPTCL has arbitrarily and illegally
given this order to a Private foreign company for the purchase of materials. The Top officials have taken huge money as
bribe to
award this tender.
This is how
top IAS officers are looting
Odisha and State exchequer.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date- 23.12.17
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