By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/PURI: Odisha Government’s Works Department turned into a corruption shed for Contractors and Engineers with Department Secretary Dr Krishan Kumar keeping himself busy with 5T Secretary VK Pandian and Development Commissioner Suresh Mohapatra for Temple and periphery development in pilgrimage City of Puri and as well as in Temple City of Bhubaneswar or sometime at Konark which houses Black Pagoda.
Dr Kumar, who holds additional charge of Chief Administrator of Puri’s Shree Jagannath Temple Administration , and Chairman Puri-Konark Development Authority, is frequently seen either in State Capital , in Puri or in Konark but there was no field visit to inspect various big projects taken up by the Works Department.Many Contractors are making false bills and drawing huge amount with help of Engineers due to inactiveness of Department Secretary, sources said.
“With the Haryana’s Rohtak born ,2002 batch Odisha Cadre, IAS officer, Dr Kumar enjoying the patronage of CMO as well as Naveen Niwas backed by strong pushing from 5T Secretary Pandian and BJD’s Minister maker Jajpur MLA, Pranab Prakash Das alias Bobby, preferring to confined himself within the limits of Bhubaneswar and Puri and Konark while Engineers and Contractors now calling the shots in Works Department,” well informed sources in Nirman Bhawan in Bubaneswar said. On Monday, Dr Kumar was seen with 5T Secretary Pandian visiting the Mega Project Area of Ekamra Khetra, which houses 11th century old Lord Lingaraj Temple and reviewing the progress.
