Useless and defunct minor irrigation project at Tengnapali village, block Gaisilat, district Bargarh is another example of organized corruption at block level. The villagers complaint to the engineer of the concern department. The concern engineer also admits the irregularities. Now it can be assess what kind of work has been done.
The minor irrigation project at Tengnapali was proposed to irrigate 100 hectare lands in the village. The project was proposed to construct within 6.50 square kilometer area. The government sanctioned rupees 86.40 lakh grant to build the project.
The villagers compliant about the irregularities to the authority of the department but they didn’t get any success. Finally they meet the collector. The Junior Engineer of the department expressed his helplessness. The contractors are not working according to his technical advice.
Now the villagers are questioning if the contractors are not obeying the guidelines and technical advice of the Junior Engineer then how the bills were cleared for payment?
Though people have drawn the attention of the Executive Engineer of the department yet no action has been taken against anybody. It is very clear that there is illegal agreement between Water Resource Department and the contractors.