Mega Piped Water Projects in Odisha under OMBADC

 

Mega Piped Water Projects in Odisha under control of Contractors of outside states

·   Rs.4500  crore  sanctioned  to  four outside Companies for  undertaking Mega Piped  Water  Project  In Odisha

·   This  huge money  has been sanctioned  from OMBADC  fund  created out  of penalty money  deposited  by  Mining Owners  as per  order  of the  Supreme Court.

·   OMBADC  was  specially created  for  integrated  development  of tribals  in mining-affected  districts

·   Huge  fund of OMBADC  simply  went  to the  big  companies  of   southern Indian states  in the name  of tribal development.

·   Why  these  Private  companies i.e., L & T Limited, Chennai, Nagarjuna  Construction  Company Limited, Hyderabad, Mega Engineering & Infrastructure Limited, Hyderabad  and Voltas Limited, Mumbai  were  selected  and entrusted  such huge  work  in Odisha ?

·   Why   Construction Companies/ contractors  of Odisha were ignored and bypassed?

·   It  is  a newly-invented trick  of Odisha  bureaucracy  to   loot     OMBADC fund  through  engaging  private  companies  of other  states at the  cost  of  state’s  own Contractors.

·    In the present  development regime  pursued by Nabin Patnaik Govt., mega Private  Companies  are  engaged   and sanctioned huge fund for   development  of   tribals  in  tribal  region  (?).  

·   There  is also  doubt how  this  mega  Piped  Water  Project  will  solve  drinking water  problem  of  tribals.

·   Has  the  Govt. consulted  tribals  before  taking  up  such huge  mega  project  meant for them and that  too engaging  outside  companies.

 OMBADC ( Odisha Mineral Bearing Areas Development Corporation ) of Odisha Govt. , an SPV ( Special Purpose  Vehicle)  is   initially  created  by Central Govt.  under  order  of the  hon’ble  Supreme Court  for the  restoration of  damage  done  to the  forests  and environment due  to mining  related  activities. Hon’ble Supreme Court , while approving  the creation of  OMBADC  on 2^nd December 2014 , had  thoughtfully specified 8 items  to be  targeted  for  integrated  development  of tribal welfare  and Area  Development . On 15^th January 2015, SC released Rs. 869 crores in what is  treated  as  First Phase  by OMBADC.

 While hearing  writ  petition No. 114 of 2014 , the  Supreme Court  in their judgment  dt. 2^nd August 2017 identified  and assessed  illegal  mining  and imposed  a  compensatory  penalty  under MMDR Act, 1957. SC  held that  the minerals raised by the  offending Iron Ore mine Lease  holders  of Odisha , violating  or  outside the  limits  of  “ environmental laws “  actually  belonged  to the state. This  unlawfully  raised minerals  were  either  to be  returned to the Nation  or if same has been sold , the proceeds  of the same  to be refunded  to  the state. penalty  amount  was limited  to Rs. 17,576.16  crore . However , SC  in their wisdom decided  not to give the penalty amount to  the State  Govt.  who had  done nothing to these mineral bearing  areas  mostly  of tribals  for  decades in spite  of massive revenue  collection  from these  districts. As  per  SC  judgement, penalty  collected  was entrusted to OMBADC  for broad target of  Tribal welfare  and areas development  in three  districts.

                                                  

OMBADC  is required to  prepare  a plan  for  effective  management  of fund  and  projects  to be undertaken  in the beneficiary  districts. As per  information obtained  under RTI, OMBADC  has  sanctioned  total amount  of Rs,. 4478 .62  crore  to  Department  of  Panchayat  Raj  and Drinking Water, Govt. of  Odisha   for   implementing Mega Piped  Water  Project (PWPs) in different  districts.  These  projects  are  implemented  by the  companies  of other states  not  by Odisha  Contractors. The  details of  the  project  is  as follows.

Sl.No	Name  of Mega PWPs	Sanctioned amount ( Rs. In crore)	Name  of RWSS Division	Fund released ( Rs. In crore)	Work  undertaken  by
1.	Harchandrapur , Ghatagaon, Telkoi, Patna & adjoining blocks in Keonjhar  district	1163.80	Keonjhar	40.00	L &T consortium Limited, Chennai
			Anandpur	30.00
			Angul	25.00
2.	Hatadihi  OF Keonjhar  district	127.36	Anandpur	38.21	Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, Hyderabad
3	Champua, Jhampura, Keonjhar & Bansapal  of Keonhar district	659.65	Keonjhar	90.00	L &T consortium Limited, Chennai
4	Basantpur &114 adjoining villages	92.02	Keonjhar	40.00	Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, Hyderabad
	Total ( keonjhar)	2042.82
5	Hemgiri	167.89	Sundargarh	17.00	Megha Engineering & Infrastructure  Limited
6	Kurta	136.85	DO	14.00	DO
7	Rajgangpur	119.59	DO		DO
8	Gurundia	169.76	Rourkela	15.00	VOLTAS Limited
9	Koira	62.93	DO	7.00	DO
10	Lahunipada	131.25	DO	14.00	DO
11	Kuarmunda	191.13	DO	15.00	DO
12	Nuagaon	216.76	DO	20.00	DO
13	Adaghat & 121  adjoining villages	157.55	DO	70.00	Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, Hyderabad
	Total  (Sundaragarh)	1353.51
14	Rairangpur	215.41	Rairangpur	64.62	L &T consortium Limited, Chennai
15	Kusumi	249.74	DO	71.43	Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, Hyderabad
16	Jashipur	461.09	DO	60.15	L &T consortium Limited, Chennai
	Total( Mayurbhanj)	926.24
17	Sukinda ( Project-I)	54.81	Jajpur	10.31	Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, Hyderabad
18	Sukinda ( Project-II)	101.24	Jajpur	32.07	DO
	Total ( Jajpur)	156.05
	Grand Total	4478.62

 

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

Date – 16.4.21

Administrative Inquiry conducted by RDC, Northern Division, Odisha

 

Administrative Inquiry conducted by RDC, Northern Division, Odisha

(  From 1990 to 2021)

Dear  friends

RTI  Application  was filed  in the  office of Revenue Divisional Commissioner, Northern Division, Sambalpur seeking  information about  details of administrative inquiry  conducted   till 2021. On 17.3.21, the  PIO  has provided the  information about  details of administrative inquiry  conducted y RDC, Sambalpur  from 1990 to  2021. As  the PIO is silent  on  Action Taken by Govt., RTI  has been filed  to GA  Dept. seeking  the said information.

 Administrative Inquiry conducted by RDC, Northern Division, Odisha

Sl.No.	Year	Incident  on which administrative inquiry was ordered	Name of officer who conducted  inquiry	Date  of  Submission of Report	Action taken by the Go vt.
1	1990	Inquiry  into the firing incident occurred  at Bolangir on 29.3.1990	Sri L.Kindo, IAS, RDC,   Samalpur	905/Dt. 24.10.1990
2	1994	Inquiry into  the incident of eviction of encroachment  by one Lakho Oram near Idga Padia , Rourkela	Sri Arun Kumar Samantaray RDC,   Sambalpur	636/ Dt. 12.6.1994
3	1998	Inquiry into unfortunate  death  of seven students  of UCE, Burla	Dr. Hrushikesh Panda , IAS RDC,  Sambalpur	259/ dt. 29.3.1998
4	1999	Inquiry  into the incident  of Manoharpur  in Keonjhar	Shri Rangalal Jamuda, IAS RDC,   Sambalpur	20/Dt. 7.2.1999
5	2002	Inquiry into unfortunate  firing  by the private security  guard  of WESCO  on the students of VSS Medical college, Burla	Sri G.K.Dhal, IAS RDC,   Sambalpur	457/R DT. 5.9.2002
6	2003	Inquiry into unfortunate  death of three students  of Government High School, Burla  in river Mahanadi	Sri G.K.Dhal, IAS RDC,   Sambalpur	77/31.5.2003
7	2003	Inquiry into alleged  misbehavior  to Sankar Oram , MLA, Raghunathpalli	Sri G.K.Dhal, IAS RDC,   Sambalpur	621/24.4.2004
8	2005	Inquiry  into leakage of Chlorine gas  at Sambalpur Railway colony	Dr. Ashok Dalwai , IAS RDC,   Sambalpur	163/28.2.2006
9	2006	Inquiry into police firing  at village  Bhatra, Rairkhol in district of Samalpur	Dr. Ashok Dalwai , IAS RDC,   Sambalpur	690/31.10.2006
10	2007	Inquiry  into the  police action during agitational activities  of members of OSTTA & Block Grant  Secondary school	Shri Madhusudan Padhi  , IAS RDC,   Sambalpur	162/26.2.2008
11	2008	Inquiry into incident  of alleged  gang rape  of 1st year  MCA  student  of Jyoti Vihar, Burla	Shri Madhusudan Padhi  , IAS RDC,   Sambalpur	339/13.6.2008
12	2009	Inquiry into the  incident  in district of Bolangir	Jamil Ahmad Khan, IAS, RDC,   Sambalpur	208/2.4.2009
13	2009	Inquiry into  Bolangir  liquor  tragedy  at village Gandapali  & Mundapali  in the  district of Bolangir	Jamil Ahmad Khan, IAS, RDC,   Sambalpur	629/29.7.2009
14	2013	Inquiry into the  incident  occurred  at Basundhara –Garjanbahal  Coal mines  of MCL, Sundaragarh	Dr. Pramod Meherda , IAS, RDC, Sambalpur	15/10.1.2014
15	2014	Inquiry  into boat tragedy inside  the Hirakud Dam  Reservoir  in which 31  people lost their lives.	Dr. Pramod Meherda , IAS, RDC, Sambalpur	527/28.4.2014
16	2016	Inquiry  into unlawful  incident  occurred  at Baragarh  on 24.6.2016	Sri Bhaskar Jyoti Sharma , IAS, RDC, Sambalpur	158/22.8.2016

 

Pradip Pradhan

M-9937843482

31.3.21