‘Why no action on babus whose laxity claimed 10 CISF lives’

CIC has termed it a case of “acute insensitivity” NALCO’s failure to take action against its officials whose alleged laxity resulted in a Naxal attack on its unit in 2009, leaving 10 CISF personnel dead.

Information Commissioner Yashovardhan Azad took strong exception to the fact that senior commandant of CISF Shakti Dhar Dobhal had to wait for nearly four years to get answers on the action taken against senior officials of one of the Navratrna Public Sector Undertaking.

He directed copy of his order be sent to Secretary, Ministry of Mines and CMD, NALCO to apprise them with the “complete insensitivity” and “apathy” shown by the officers concerned. Azad underlined that while NALCO officials were claiming that they were not able to locate records, there were no records as no action was ever initiated.