Role of Delhi govt in CWG unlikely to come up before Parl panel
15 Feb 2013 12:57 AM GMT
Delhi government is unlikely to come under Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee’s (PAC) scrutiny for its alleged omissions and commissions in the organisation of the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
This became clear on Thursday with the PAC headed by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi accepting the demand of Delhi Assembly to leave the examination of the role and responsibility of the Delhi government in the Commonwealth Games to the PAC of the state legislature.
The decision to let the Assembly PAC examine the role of Sheila Dikshit government in the run up to the 2010 Games based on the CAG report was taken at a recent meeting of Parliament’s PAC, sources said.
During the meeting, Joshi informed the members that Delhi Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri has written to him requesting that the Assembly be allowed to examine the issues of Commonwealth Games related to the Delhi government based on another report of the CAG on the issue.
The report deals exclusively with the Delhi government and was laid in the state assembly on 13 January 2012. After a brief discussion, the Parliamentary panel decided to leave the examination of the role and responsibility of the state government in the CWG to the Assembly PAC, the sources said.
While PWD and MCD come under Delhi government, NDMC and DDA come under the administrative control of Union Home Ministry and Union Urban Development Ministry respectively.
Sources said the Assembly PAC could now seek response from PWD and MCD regarding their roles and responsibilities in CWG preparations, while Parliament’s PAC may continue to examine NDMC and DDA.
On the issue of jurisdiction of the Ministry of Sports and the Urban Development Ministry over CPWD with regard to the Games, members were informed during the meeting that the Cabinet Secretariat has clarified that the former will be responsible for all the queries of the PAC to the CPWD.
CBI CLOSES BARAPULLAH FLYOVER CASE
CBI has closed its probe in the alleged irregularities in the project for construction of the Rs 620 crore Barapullah Nullah flyover for the 2010 Commonwealth Games here as it could not find enough evidence of any quid pro quo to pursue the matter. The construction of the bridge had come in for some flak from the Prime Minister-appointed Shunglu Committee which had criticised the Delhi government for alleged irregularities in the Barapullah flyover project. CBI had booked eight officials including a chief engineer of the public works department, the contractor, the company DSC Ltd, and several others on the allegations of deliberately escalating the cost of the project by over Rs 100 crore. The flyover which was built with the purpose to ease traffic at Ashram Chowk got entangled in delays and also cost escalation. The matter also drew flak from the high profile Shunglu Committee, which criticised the escalation in cost. CBI sources said on Thursday the agency found no evidence which could indicate illegal gratification and hence a decision was taken to close the case.
This became clear on Thursday with the PAC headed by senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi accepting the demand of Delhi Assembly to leave the examination of the role and responsibility of the Delhi government in the Commonwealth Games to the PAC of the state legislature.
The decision to let the Assembly PAC examine the role of Sheila Dikshit government in the run up to the 2010 Games based on the CAG report was taken at a recent meeting of Parliament’s PAC, sources said.
During the meeting, Joshi informed the members that Delhi Assembly Speaker Yoganand Shastri has written to him requesting that the Assembly be allowed to examine the issues of Commonwealth Games related to the Delhi government based on another report of the CAG on the issue.
The report deals exclusively with the Delhi government and was laid in the state assembly on 13 January 2012. After a brief discussion, the Parliamentary panel decided to leave the examination of the role and responsibility of the state government in the CWG to the Assembly PAC, the sources said.
While PWD and MCD come under Delhi government, NDMC and DDA come under the administrative control of Union Home Ministry and Union Urban Development Ministry respectively.
Sources said the Assembly PAC could now seek response from PWD and MCD regarding their roles and responsibilities in CWG preparations, while Parliament’s PAC may continue to examine NDMC and DDA.
On the issue of jurisdiction of the Ministry of Sports and the Urban Development Ministry over CPWD with regard to the Games, members were informed during the meeting that the Cabinet Secretariat has clarified that the former will be responsible for all the queries of the PAC to the CPWD.
CBI CLOSES BARAPULLAH FLYOVER CASE
CBI has closed its probe in the alleged irregularities in the project for construction of the Rs 620 crore Barapullah Nullah flyover for the 2010 Commonwealth Games here as it could not find enough evidence of any quid pro quo to pursue the matter. The construction of the bridge had come in for some flak from the Prime Minister-appointed Shunglu Committee which had criticised the Delhi government for alleged irregularities in the Barapullah flyover project. CBI had booked eight officials including a chief engineer of the public works department, the contractor, the company DSC Ltd, and several others on the allegations of deliberately escalating the cost of the project by over Rs 100 crore. The flyover which was built with the purpose to ease traffic at Ashram Chowk got entangled in delays and also cost escalation. The matter also drew flak from the high profile Shunglu Committee, which criticised the escalation in cost. CBI sources said on Thursday the agency found no evidence which could indicate illegal gratification and hence a decision was taken to close the case.
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