ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସୂଚନା ଅଧିକାର ଅଭିଯାନ: No information about Kotia as declared by Chief Minister, Odisha is available

No information about development projects undertaken in KOTIA Gram Panchayat as declared by Chief Minister is available in any office including office of Chief Minister, Odisha

Horrible situation in State Administration how false information is disseminated to media by office of Chief Minister.

Dear friends

When the issue of Andhra Pradesh holding Panchayat election in Kotia GP under Pottangi block of Koraput district looms large, the opposition political parties and various Civil Society Groups displayed strong reaction against Andhra Pradesh and demanded that Got. of Odisha must take steps to stop Panchayat Election to be conducted by Andhra Pradesh.

In the midst of political high drama , Sri Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister, Odisha , while suddenly laying foundation of so many projects for all round development of Kotia Gram Panchayat through video conferencing on 6.2.21, declared that Rs. 150 crore had been utilized for development of Kotia GP and declared new projects worth Rs. 18 crore for the said Panchayat.

To verify authenticity of Information as declared by Chief Minister, multiple RTI Applications were filed to different Govt. offices to access said information. the information sought for is as follows.

Date of Filling RTI Application	Name of Office in which RTI was filed and details of information sought for	Response of PIO ( Public Information Officer )
8.2.21	office of the Collector, Koraput Information sought for · Provide list of the projects undertaken for which Rs. 150 crore has been utilized or projects on-going in Kotia GP. (Year-wise). · Provide list of the projects declared by Chief Minister to be undertaken with financial provision of Rs. 18 crore and date of sanction of amount for each project.	24.2.21, the PIO, office of DRDA, Koraput sent a letter stating that there is no project proposal / estimates received in connection with Development works at Kotia Gram Panchayat since 2015 to till date covering the amount of Rs. 18 crore and Rs. 150 crore. It means no such any project has been undertaken so far.
6.3.21	Office of BDO, Pottangi Block of Koraput district Same information as mentioned above was sought for	On 30.3.21., the PIO sent a reply stating that “ Out of Rs. 150 crore served by Hon’ble Chief Minister, Odisha in Kotia GP for development work , no amount has been spent by this Panchayat Samiti. The expenditure made for development work so far is made by the Executive Engineer , R&B, Koraput , Executive Engineer , RD, Sunabeda and PA, ITDA , Koraput.
20.3.21	Office of Chief Minister , Odisha RTI Filed by Prakash Ch. Das,RTI Activist , Kendrapara seeking same above mentioned information.	On 25.3.21, PIO declined to provide information and forwarded RTI Application to Dept. of panchayat Raj with request to supply the information. On 12.4.21, the PIO, Dept. of Panchayat Raj said that information is not available and forwarded RTI Application to the PIO, office of BDO, Pottangi to supply information. On 19.5.21, The PIO, office of BDO, Pottangi responded that the said information is not available. But suggested to seek information from Executive Engineer , R&B, Koraput , Executive Engineer , RD, Sunabeda and PA, ITDA , Koraput.
20.4.21	Office of ITDA, Koraput Same information as mentioned above was sought for	On 2.7.21, the PIO replied that Only Rs. 101.50 lakh has been sanctioned for construction of 100 seated boys’ hostel at Kotia UGAS and Installation of Elevated water storage tank at Kotia UGAS.
20.4.21	Office of Executive Engineer , RD, Sunabeda, Koraput	On 13.5.21, the PIO replied that “ details of projects taken up as declared by Chief Minister under 150 and 18 crore rupees are not available in this division . But provided list of total no. of 15 projects sanctioned at the cost of Rs. 6967.91 lakhs in Kotia .
20.4.21	Office of Executive Engineer , R&B, Koraput	Though 3 months passed, the PIO did not supply any information. It means no such information is available with them.

The claim of Chief Minister about expenditure of Rs. 150 crore for Kotia development in the last five years and sanction of Rs. 18 crore is found false and far from truth.