Fund received and utilized by Energy Dept. to deal with Fani Cyclone situation in Odisha
Dear friends
RTI Application dt. 26.10.20 was filed to the PIO, Office of Energy , Govt. of Odisha seeking the following information. As the huge fund was spent for electricity restoration which was destroyed during FANI cyclone situation in 2019, RTI was filed to access how the fund was utilized.
i. Details of fund received with date of receipt by the Department from SDRF and NDRF to deal Fani Disaster situation.
ii. Total amount already utilized and balance amount available with Department
iii. Copy of UC submitted so far to Govt. in respect of Utilisation of Fund.
iv. Name of the agencies whom payment has been made, amount paid, date of payment and purpose.
v. Name of the projects / work undertaken, amount sanctioned and utilized to deal Fani disaster situation .
vi. List of materials purchased , its quantity, amount paid for it , name of the agency which has supplied.
On 27th Nov.20, the PIO, Dept. of Energy has provided the following information and forwarded the RTI Application to different agencies like WESCO, NESCO, SOUTHCO,CESU to provide details of information.
1. Fund receied by Energy Dept. from SDRF, NDRF is Rs. 728 crore
Fund received and utilized by Energy Dept. to deal with Fani Cyclone situation in Odisha
| Sl.No |
Fund received from SDRF/NDRF |
Date of Receipt |
Amount ( Rs. In crore) |
|
1 |
NDRF ( National Disaster Response Fund) |
9.5.2019 |
Rs. 150 crores |
|
2 |
NDRF |
18.5.2019 |
Rs. 50 crores |
|
3 |
NDRF |
23.5.2019 |
Rs. 100 crores |
|
4 |
SDRF ( State Disaster Response Fund ) |
28.5.2019 |
Rs. 100 crores |
|
5 |
NDRF |
10.1.2020 |
Rs. 249.99 crores |
|
6 |
NDRF |
20.1.2020 |
Rs. 78.01 Crores |
|
|
Total |
|
Rs.728.00 crores |
2. The PIO has mentioned that total amount already utilized ( released to DISCOMs) is Rs. 701.47 crore. But the calculation given by the PIO about fund released to Distribution companies is Rs. 504.47 crore only.
|
Sl.No. |
Amount released by Energy Department to DISCOMS( Distribution Companies) |
Date of Sanction |
|
1 |
Rs.35 crores to CESU Rs. 10 Crores to NESCO Rs. 5 crore to SOUTHCO |
9.5.2019 |
|
2 |
Rs. 145 Crore to CESU Rs. 5 crores to SOUTHCO |
23.5.2019 7.11.2019 |
|
3 |
Rs. 90 crores to CESU Rs. 10 Crores to CESU |
27.5.2019 28.1.2020 |
|
4 |
Rs. 90 crores to CESU Rs. 4.47 crores to CESU |
1.6.2019 3.2.2020 |
|
5 |
Rs. 60 crores to CESU |
17.2.2020 |
|
Total |
Rs. 454.47 crores |
|
3. Utilisation Certificate produced by CESU and NESCO in respect of utilization of fund released for restoration of FANI cyclone affected areas for the year-2019-20 by October,2020
|
CESU |
|||
|
Date of Sanction |
Sanctioned Amount |
Amount utilized |
Unspent Balance |
|
27.5.2019 |
Rs. 90,00,00,000.00 |
Rs. 90,00,00,000.00 |
|
|
1.6.2019 |
Rs. 90,00,00,000.00 |
Rs.12,65,26,552.00 |
Rs. 77,34,73,448.00 |
|
27.5.20 |
Rs. 90,00,00,000.00 |
Rs. 50,58,63,802.00 |
Rs. 39,41,36,198.00 |
|
9.5.2019 |
Rs. 35,00,00,000.00 |
Rs. 35,00,00,000.00 |
NIL |
|
23.5.2019 |
Rs.145,00,00,000.00 |
Rs. 145,00,00,000.00 |
NIL |
|
NESCO |
|||
|
9.5.2019 |
Rs.10,00,00,000.00 |
Rs.10,00,00,000.00 |
NIL |
|
Total |
Rs.460.00 crores |
Rs. 343,23,90,354.00 |
116,76,09,646.00 |
Remarks
1.
Though office
of Special relief Commissioner
released Rs. 728.00
crore
to Energy Dept. for restoration of power supply
destroyed due to FANI out of which
Rs.
701.47 crore
was released the Electricity Distribution Companies ,
the CESU ( renamed as TPCODL)
and NESCO have just
submitted utilization of Rs. 343 .00 crores to the Energy Dept. The question is why
rest of fund
has not yet been returned back by CESU and NESCO to Energy Dept.
2. Information about details of purchase and work/ project undertaken by CESU and NESCO has not yet been supplied by the PIOs, though statutory time limit is over.
Pradip Pradhan
M-9937843482
Date- 8.12.20
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