Guwahati: Whipping up tainted officers, the Panchayat and Rural Development Department on Wednesday booked Block Development Officer (BDO) Manjushri Ghosh of Mankpur Development Block in Assam’s Bongaigaon district for several irregularities and irregularities in the allotment of houses suspended citing allegations in Pradhan Mantra Awas Yojana Gramin (PMAY-G).
The order of suspension was issued by the Department of Panchayat and Rural Development under the provisions of Rule 6(1) of the Assam Service (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1964, pending departmental action against him after a thorough investigation. Distribution and construction of houses under the scheme during Manjushri Ghosh’s BDO tenure.
The order further stated that Ghosh would be given subsistence allowance as per rules and would not leave the headquarters without prior permission of the competent authority.
According to the order of suspension, following are the findings after a thorough investigation of the matter:
It was found that the beneficiaries of PMAY-G scheme already had Pucca houses on the same property raising questions on the necessity of providing additional housing under the scheme
- It was found that many houses, marked as ‘completed’ in the AwaasSoft portal, were physically found to be incomplete during field inquiries, which includes missing doors and windows, indicating that the completeness of construction did not meet the program’s requirements for marking completion on the AwaasSoft portal
- Instances were found where multiple members of the same family received separate PMAY-G houses, raising concerns about equitable resource distribution and whether these families genuinely required multiple houses
- Job card-related issues, such as incomplete or missing job cards, discrepancies in payments, and issues related to the issuance of job cards, were identified in certain cases. This suggests potential irregularities in the maintenance of job cards and the payment process
- No completed houses are displayed with the PMAY-G logo, which indicates non-compliance with programme requirements
- Some beneficiaries proceeded with construction beyond the plinth level, even though not all installments had been released. This indicates that timely inspections were not conducted even after several months had passed since the release of the first installment
- Despite apparent separations within families, it was noticed that multiple family members continued to share kitchens or live in close proximity to Pucca houses, suggesting irregularities in the scrutiny of family arrangements and eligibility
- Some beneficiaries raised concerns, including allegations of solicitation for money and the collection of personal information
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