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Taking benefit of COVID-19 Crisis, three X.ENs PWD violate RTI act, C.E, S.E PWD’s silence questionable
Taking benefit of COVID-19 Crisis, three X.ENs PWD violate RTI act, C.E, S.E PWD’s silence questionable
POONCH TODAY NEWS
POONCH: Centre RTI is now fully applicable in J&K UT, but it has been observed that, even before the abrogation of Article 370, tainted officers of J&K were seen violating transparency act at will and unfortunately, even, after the abrogation of special constitution provision and when the central RTI act has been implemented in J&K UT fully, tainted officers who are known for looting government exchequer over the years, have not moved an inch and this is again evident form the fact, all high profile officers, including officers of PWD prefer to deny information to RTI applicants, fearing exposure of their bigger scams. Poonch and Rajouri districts top the list in RTI violations. Even Deputy Commissioner’s Poonch office violates RTI act, what to call of its subordinates. Executive Engineer PWD Poonch, Rajouri and Nowshera were approached by a RTI applicant, asking for some important information, but sensing trouble, all the three X.ENs preferred to violate the RTI act taking plea of COVID-19 crisis and it shows that all officers of PWD are aware of the fact, that major blunders in crores were carried out in PWD over the years and as a result, many officials became crorepatis and lakhpatis Some officers purchased moveable and immoveable property worth crores in different districts of J&K UT. Even some PWD officers opened their petrol pumps in some areas. The horrible state of affairs of PWD shows that no body in the corridors of power taken to task those erring officials who managed everything behind the curtains. There are many multi crore scams beneath the carpets scripted by tainted officers of PWD in Poonch and Rajouri districts. Many prominent leaders of various political parties were adjusted through fake bills of works in both the districts. It’s a question mark on Superintending Engineer(S.E) Rajouri-Poonch circle and Chief Engineer PWD, because under their chairs, open violation of the RTI act has been going on. J&K government, which claims that transparency act is fully functional in entire J&K UT, needs to take such tainted officers to task who are openly murdering the RTI act to hide their misdeeds