IMPHAL, Nov 3 MNS NNN : With issues and controversies surrounding the clearance of weeds in Loktak Lake, P. Chandra Shekhar Rao,zonal organisation secretary, North East States, BJP has charged the Congress-led Secular Progressive Front (SPF) Manipur government of malpractices on the ongoing clearance work of the lake and demanded certain points to be clarified and initiated at the earliest.
Addressing newspersons at the State’s BJP head office here today, P. Chandra Shekhar Rao demanded that the government should furnish reports on the present status paper on Loktak Lake clearance contract given to K. Pro Infra Works Private Limited and immediately release the details of the promoters of the private farm including its full form.
He further demanded that a Special Audit enquiry should be made by the Controller and Auditor General of India on the scam and an Enquiry Commission should be set up under a sitting Supreme Court Judge on the scam without further delay.
Elaborating on the contract work given to the private farm, P. Chandra Shekhar Rao informed that the Loktak Development Authority (LDA) Manipur had awarded “work order” amounting to Rs 224,39,14,035 to the farm, M/S K. Pro Infra Works Private Limited on August 1, 2009 and alleged that the private farm was the lone bidder in the process of the tender.
“This was the plan of the government. It is mandatory that there should be at least three bidders in any tender work no matter how big or small of the value of tender is. Awarding the work to the single bidder is a gross violation of CPWD manual norms “, he further charged.
Taking serious note on the issue, he expressed that the BJP had already raised the scam of the Loktak Lake Management and Conservation Project under SPA funded by PC with a total amount of Rs 224 crores and further informed that the matter will be raised in the winter session .
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