Uttarakhand: Scam in municipal corporation land, senior officials suspended, investigation officer reached Haridwar
The government has taken a tough stand on the land purchase and sale scam in the Sarai area of Haridwar Nagar Nigam. On the instructions of the head of the state Pushkar Singh Dhami, the government has taken one major action after another against the officers involved in this irregularity. The investigation secretary himself has reached Haridwar to investigate the matter.
Municipal corporation officials suspended
On the orders of Additional Secretary Gaurav of Urban Development Department, four officers including Assistant Municipal Commissioner in-charge Ravindra Kumar Dayal have been suspended with immediate effect. Not only this, investigation officer Ranveer Singh Chauhan himself has reached Haridwar to investigate the matter. According to sources, the responsible officers themselves are under suspicion in the purchase and sale of the land of the Municipal Corporation, in which irregularities have come to the fore.
There are allegations of manipulation in the registry and records of government land
It is alleged that the property of the Municipal Corporation was transferred to private hands by manipulating the registry and records of the land. Executive Engineer in charge Anand Singh Mishravan, Tax and Revenue Superintendent Laxmikant Bhatt and Junior Engineer Dinesh Chandra Kandpal have been suspended after being found guilty prima facie. Senior Finance Officer Nikita Bisht has been issued a show cause notice and asked to reply within 15 days.
Disciplinary action being taken against officers
Meanwhile, the extension of service of retired property clerk Vedwal has also been terminated. Now the process of disciplinary action against him has been started. The suspended officers have been attached to different municipal bodies. Let us tell you that Dayal has been sent to Municipal Corporation Almora, Kandpal to Lohaghat, Mishravan to Kotdwar and Bhatt to Pithoragarh. This strictness of the government has created a stir in the Municipal Corporation department.
