Friday, 15 March 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) handed over the report to Dehradun district magistrate Sonika on Thursday regarding the alleged scam in the registration of fake sanitation workers under Mohalla Swachhata Samiti. The corporation had given about 10 to 12 sanitation workers to every ward under the committee to carry out works like sweeping and other tasks on a regular basis. The corporation issued a Rs 15,000 salary for each worker via the committee. However many claimed that the committee headed by the respective councillors has not been paying the same salary to every worker. Many people including several sanitation workers alleged that there are several irregularities regarding information about sanitation workers listed under the committee.
When this matter reached the DM in January, she formed a committee under the Dehradun chief development officer Jharna Kamthan to investigate the matter. The committee conducted physical inspections and found some irregularities. They also reportedly failed to find the listed sanitation workers during the physical verification process. The district administration had sought a report from MCD on the matter regarding several points. The corporation’s sanitation section submitted the final report to the DM on Thursday morning.
On the question about the content of the final report, the chief municipal health officer Dr Avinash Khanna said that the report has been handed over to DM and the committee concerned and now only they can issue any official statement about it. The CDO confirmed that the administration had received the report on Thursday morning. However, she added that the committee will first analyse the report for about a week after which further action will be taken accordingly.
