An agreement with the consumer committee to complete the construction within 8 months by the rural municipality in 2075/076 for 95 lakh 97 thousand rupees
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Five years ago, the consumer committee has already collected Rs. However, only two incomplete pillars have been constructed so far.
Even though the rural municipality has written several times for the construction of the suspension bridge, the consumer committee has not taken interest. In the financial year 2075/076, the rural municipality made an agreement with the consumer committee for the construction of the bridge at a cost of 95 lakh 97 thousand rupees and the construction would be completed within 8 months.
As there is no bridge on the Oriya river, the residents of Ghoddauda have to use the road to India during the rainy season to come to Birgunj for medical treatment. Lalu Yadav, a resident of Ghodauda, said that during the rainy season, the Oriya river floods for a week. "When the water comes in the river, it is not possible to travel," said 65-year-old Yadav, "at that time, the Indian market becomes the only support." "There are many problems during the rains," he said, "The construction of the bridge started 5 years ago. However, the work that was done in the beginning, has stopped after that.'
Out of 95 lakh 97 thousand rupees, 44 lakh rupees have been taken by Peski consumer committee, but only about 8 lakh rupees worth of construction work has been done. All the money has been withdrawn from the committee's account. According to the accounting branch of the rural municipality, the consumer committee collected Rs.
The Auditor General's report for the financial year 2076/077 had instructed the village office to charge the fee with interest as the work was not completed within the contract period. As per the contract, the construction of the bridge should be completed in 8 months, but not even 10% of the work has been completed in the report of the General Account.
'The rural municipality has provided pesky amount of pesky money to the consumer committee which cannot act according to the agreement. The reason for the committee's inability to work on time should be identified and, according to the rules, interest should be imposed on those who did not work on time,'' it is mentioned in the report of the General Accountant.
Dhobini rural municipality had written to the consumer committee on November 9, 2078 to submit the bank voucher of Rs. However, the committee neither proceeded with the construction, nor deposited the money in the Beruju account.
Chief Administrative Officer Mohammad Ashok Rauniyar said there were irregularities in the construction of the suspension bridge. "Consumer Committee has been written to many times," he said, "Peski taken after not working should be registered in the rural municipality. Either the money had to be given, or the work had to be carried forward.'
Suresh Prasad Kurmi, a resident of Dhobini-1 Pipra, chairman of the consumer committee, has been saying that he has no information about the pesky amount. The chairman of the committee said that Lalbabu, who is considered to be close to the then head of the rural municipality, Suresh Kurmi, signed the blank check with him. "There is no information about the peski amount," committee chairman Kurmi said.
Bandhu Sah Teli, the ward president of Ghodauda Pipra, complained that despite the irregularity of the consumer committee, no action has been taken yet. "No action has been taken even when a complaint was made to the abuse of power investigation department," he said. According to him, when he was a panchayat in the village, Lal Babu had promised to deposit the money he earned in the account of the committee, even if it was by selling the farm. However, so far he has not given the money due to his share.
In Rule 97(5) of Public Procurement Regulations, 2064, there is a provision that up to a maximum of one-third of the contract amount can be paid in advance when the consumer committee and the beneficiary community work. However, in 2075/76, an agreement was reached with the consumer committee for the construction of a suspension bridge on the Oriya river in Ghoddauda, with a cost estimate of 95,97,000 and a payment of 2,600,000 peski was made. Again in the year 2076/77, without working, 1.8 million peskies were paid and a total of 4.4 million peskies was provided. According to the report of the General Accountant, one-third of the contract amount is Rs. 32 lakh peski, but Rs. 44 lakhs were paid.
