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Vigilance has finally registered an FIR in the scam of crores of rupees in the water supply through tankers in Theog assembly constituency of Shimla district. This case has been registered based on preliminary investigation. Now the Vigilance Police Station will investigate the accused in this case. On the other hand, the problems of the suspended engineers and contractors of the Jal Shakti Department have increased. The accused will be called to the Vigilance Police Station for questioning. Many arrests can be made in this case in the coming days.
In the preliminary investigation of the Vigilance Bureau, it has been found that the statements of the suspended engineers, contractors and people of the Jal Shakti Department are not matching. The work has not been done as per the terms of the tender issued by the Jal Shakti Department.
According to the terms, clean water was to be supplied from near Lelu Bridge in Theog, but investigation has revealed that the contractor did not fill water in tankers and pickups from this place. The drivers of tankers and pickups filled water from drains and made people drink it.
There are allegations that the contractors have prepared the bills in connivance with the employees in the office of the Jal Shakti Department. The negligence of the suspended engineers and clerks has come to light in this. The Executive Engineer forwarded the bills prepared by the junior engineers without checking them. The file was sent to the SDM to release the money. After this, the payment was released to these contractors. Vigilance has so far questioned 90 people and recorded their statements. This questioning has been done with SDM Theog, suspended engineer, tanker drivers and contractors. The Vigilance Bureau had also submitted a preliminary investigation report to the government. The Home Department has also taken legal opinion in this matter.
Theog water supply scam
Let us tell you that in the name of water supply through tankers, a scam of lakhs has come to light in Theog last summer. More than one crore rupees were paid to the contractor for supplying water through tankers. The vehicle numbers given in the name of tankers include motorcycles and cars, as well as an officer’s official vehicle. Water supply through tankers was shown in two such villages where there is no road. Former MLA of Theog, Rakesh Singha had alleged a major scam in the water supply in Theog sub-division.
