The Case of building an 11-story general hospital in Sector-6, Panchkula has come to light.
:-Despite the budget being increased from 47 crores to 113 crores, essential arrangements were not made:-Kumari Selja
:-The Method of exposing scams changes every time under the protection of the BJP:-Kumari Selja
:-The Scams are happening continuously during the BJP's rule:-Kumari Selja
Chandigarh,
The
General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee and former Union
Minister Kumari Selja said that another fresh scam has come to light in
the BJP government. This case concerns the irregularities during the
construction of the 11-story general hospital building in Sector-6,
Panchkula. The budget for this construction was increased from 47 crores
to 113 crores, yet the necessary arrangements were not made in the
building as required for a hospital. Now, after conducting a special
audit of the building, the contractor should be paid.
In
a statement released to the media, Kumari Selja said that since 2014,
new scams have been coming to light in the state from time to time. The
method of dealing with scams changes every time. No department has been
left untouched, and it is clear that after each scam, shares are
distributed from bottom to top. Not a single scammer has been punished
to date, indicating that shares are distributed from bottom to top after
scams.
The former Union
Minister said that before taking over the building, the doctor's team
visited and found glaring issues. Sewage pipes were left open inside the
doctor's rooms, conference halls, and patient wards. Some floors also
had open AC ducts installed. When the team suggested covering them to
the PWD officers, they were told that there was no provision for false
ceiling in the building. In such a scenario, whenever a sewage pipe
leaks or an AC duct drips, it would be difficult to sit in the rooms.
Kumari Selja said that the cost of the hospital building was increased
from 47 crores to 82 crores for corruption. Then it was increased to 93
crores and later to 113 crores. It is clear that rather than providing
facilities according to the hospital's standards, the attention was on
increasing the budget. Otherwise, only 1 out of 6 operation theaters
being constructed on the third floor would have been made modular.
According to the need of the hour, all 6 OTs could have been made
modular. The former Union Minister said that no provision was made for
handwashing facilities at the proposed OPD, lab, or sample collection
centers. Whereas, from doctors to para-medical staff or blood sample
collectors, even the patients here are required to wash their hands. The
absence of handwashing facilities in the hospital indicates that these
shortcomings were deliberately left during construction so that the
government could increase the budget again and distribute government
funds arbitrarily.
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