Memorandum
submitted to Governor, Odisha seeking
order for inquiry into OMFED Scam
Dear friends
Today (
28.9.18), a five-member delegation
of Civil Society groups submitted
memorandum to Governor, Odisha seeking direction to State Govt. for
constituting inquiry into OMFED Scam , a biggest scam perpetuated by coterie of
corrupt bureaucrats close to
Chief Minister’s office.
Five-members
delegation were Sri Ashok Nanda,
Convener, Lok Samukhya, Sri Pradeep Pradhan, State Convener, Odisha Soochana
Adhikar Abhijan, Sri Jagabandhu Sarangi, Secretary General, Odisha Durniti
Sangharsa Manch, Sri Abhiram Behera, Odisha Krushak Sabha and Sri Mahendra
Parida, Social Activist .
The Team appraised
hom’ble Governor that though
complaint has been filed to State Govt. seeking an inquiry into this scam,
no inquiry has been
conducted so far. OMFED Scam involving
Rs. 70 crore is considered as one of the
mega scams and loot of public money by bureaucrats close to Naveen Patnaik, Chief
Minister, Odisha.
Memorandum contains
details of OMFED scam
which is as follows.
A. Poly pouch Scam :- OMFED daily uses 8 lakh pouches for supply of milk. The
cooperative was regularly
purchasing poly pouch from M/s
IDMC ltd. , an unit of National Diary Development Board. But suddenly , OMFED
started procuring through a local agency
at a higher price. M/s IDMC ltd. Continued to supply the pouches at OMFED factory but the
local agency styled M/s Kamala Agencies made the
bills at a higher price. In the process
OMFED made higher payments of around
2.85 lakhs regularly which has been
pointed out by internal audit.
B. Mineral Mixture
Scam- Mineral mixture worth Rs. 14.40 crore was supplied to the farmers for improving health of lactating animals from RKVY fund (
Rashtriya Krushi Vikash Yojana). Mineral mixture was procured from M/s Kamala
Agency by cancelling tenders submission by reputed brands like Ranmix. The
products were procured at 40% higher
price. Though OMFED has installed plant for the
said purpose at Radhadamodar Pur, but they procured the materials
from a private agency. Quality test conducted by NDDB
showed that the materials
supplied to farmers were of poor
quality.
C. Calf-feed Scam- Rs. 22.11
crore was spent on supplying calf-feed from RKVY loans for improving cattle health The existing plant of OMFED at
Eadhadamodar Pur was kept idle and
calf-feed was procured from a private
agency called M/s Kamala agency at a
higher price. Quality specifications were compromised and test reports were
manipulated to release the fund. In the process the whole process, the whole
department was involved in manipulation and fraud. The farmers
have also complained that they
had problems using such feed for calves.
D.
Medicine procurement Scam-
in case of medicine procurement, tenders of reputed companies like Novatis, Lyka, Vetspharma etc.
were cancelled and orders for 97 items
out of 124 items were given to M/s Kamala agencies or M/s National Enterprises both owned by own
family. The tender process was completely manipulated to giver order to these two farms. There is no evidence to show that medicines supplied were of good quality.
The delegation
appraised His Excellency
about details of scams causing loss of 70 core and sought his intervention. The Hon’ble Governor heard details of complaints and documents attached with memorandum and assured
the team to take action positively.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date- 28.9.18
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