MCL (Mahanadi Coalfield Limited) has constructed a huge building in the outskirt of Bhubaneswar. An expense of the building has been estimated about 400 crores. But the Mahanadi Coalfield Limited authority has broke all the law of the land to construct the building. They have not taken any plan from the BDA. Apart from this there is no transparency in the tender process. Audit reports are showing objection regarding this. Now, both the Mahanadi Coalfield Limited and the BDA authorities are in tense.

The state government has given 30 acre land to Mahanadi Coalfield Limited at Tamando.  This land was allocated to construct staff quarters and office building. But the Mahanadi Coalfield Limited has constructed Mahanadi Institute of Natural Resource and Energy Management (MINREM). Mahanadi Coalfield Limited has have been allocated land for something else and have constructed something else. The work is in its final phase.  MCL did not inform the government about the project while taking the land. Though MCL is boosting the project yet it is a totally different institution.

MCL has given contract to National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) for the project.  NBCC was given authority to acquired grant of the building plan.  But NBCC did not take the grant from the BDA. NBCC has constructed many floors without any permission. And MCL authority has paid NBCC in phases though there is no grant for building plan.

After receiving the complaint, BDA has started investigating about the matter. An officer of the BDA says, we have noticed that MCL has constructed the building without taking building plan. BDA officers will reach the spot and investigate it. If the building has been constructed according to BDA rule then fine will be charged and will be legalize. If it is not according to the law then action will be taken accordingly.

In the mean time, hurriedly MCL has written a letter to BDA requesting to approve the plan. In the letter it is mentioned that, the state government has given approval to construct the mentioned building along with staff quarters and offices. MCL has further requested to approve requisite plan to NBCC.

This letter of MCL itself is saying a lot about the illegal constructions of the building.

Old age pension money of Dunguripali block, dist Sonepur has been grabbed. As per the complaint, a sum of 1 crore, 69 lakh 70 thousands and 900 hundreads were given to 20 officers in advance to distribute old age pension in 21 panchayats of Dunguripali block.  But till date no accounts have been updated about the mentioned sum of money.

The money was given to Head Cleark, SEO, WEO, and 17 panchayat executive officers. Now, some of them are retired. The WEO is transferred.  But none of the officers have returned the money nor have they produced any account of the same. Repeatedly notices have been circulated to return the money. BDO Ripunath Suna says, salary of 8 EO has been stopped as they have ignored the notice.

In the past years, to distribute the pension, panchayat EOs had taken lakhs of rupees in advance. After distributing the pension on every 15^th of the month the remaining money should be returned to block cashier through the SEO.  But the involved EOs used to keep the money in their accounts.  In the next month again they used to withdraw lakhs of rupees but they were not providing the accounts of the previous months. The remaining amount become around 1 crore. In the last August the pension money was deposited in the account of the Panchayats informed, Kalpana Panda, SEO.

The surprising fact is SEO Kalpana Panda has kept advance amount of Rs 5 lakh 63 thousands to distribute pension.  The transferred WEO Brajabandhu Behera has kept 97 thousands.   The retired EO Damodar Pandey has kept 7 lakh 44 thousands and 6 hundreads. Then Head cleark Kshiteswar Bhoi has kept 3 lakhs 44 thousands, EO Bishwamitra Pradhan has kept 24 lakhs 88 thousands.  Satyanarayan Barik has kept 1 lakh 26 thousand,  Gagan Bihari Nayak has kept 1 lakh 24 thousand, Nandi Padhan has kept 23 lakh 35 thousand 9 hundread, Bishikeshan Sahu has kept 7 lakh 48 thousand, 5 hundread, Gopandhu Seth has kept 3 lakh 86 thousand 6 hundread, Brahmanand behera has kept 13 lakh 18 thousand 2 hundread, Sairat Khan has kept 9 lakh 22 thousand 4 hundread, Sujan Deep has kept 7 lakh 9 thousand 6 hundread, Kishor Jhankar has kept 17 lakh 20 thousand 3 hundread, Dhirendra Bag has kept 11 lakh 27 thousand 8 hundread, Akshya Bhoi has kept 10 lakh 79 thousand 4 hundread,  Suresh Dehury is keeping 9 lakh 12 thousand 8 hundread, Nimain Nayak has kept 3 lakh 62 thousand 8 hundread, and Ramdhun Sahu has kept 8 lakh 60 thousand as advance money.

When BDO Ripunath Suna was contacted, he says, the money has not been grabbed. It is distributed. But those who have not given the accounts have been stopped salary.  EO Gagan Bihari Nayak, Nandi Padhan, Sairat Khan, Sujan deep, Kishor Jhankar, Akshya Bhoi, and Ramdhun Sahu’s salary has been stopped.