Jaipur: Serious questions are being raised on the working type of the JDA Director of Engineering who rapidly proposed an elevated street on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg within the capital. Will the expenditure of lakhs of rupees incurred in getting ready the feasibility report of the elevated street be recovered from the salaries of those senior engineers? What is the entire matter and the way the negligence of those senior engineers is inflicting loss to the treasury of JDA.
To current the funds for the 12 months 2024-25, the state authorities had sought proposals from JDA for the announcement of varied initiatives within the funds. At the extent of JDA Director Engineering I Devendra Gupta, proposals for initiatives to construct elevated roads, flyovers and railway overbridges at numerous locations within the capital have been despatched to the state authorities. There was additionally a proposal to construct an elevated street from Ambedkar Circle to Jawahar Circle through OTS at a price of Rs 1100 crore. On the idea of just about all of the proposals despatched by JDA, initiatives value about Rs 2200 crore associated to JDA have been introduced within the funds offered within the Assembly on July 10 this 12 months for the present monetary 12 months. In this alone, development of elevated street from Ambedkar Circle to Jawahar Circle was additionally introduced at a price of Rs 1100 crore. Most of this elevated street was to be constructed on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg. Let us inform you why by proposing an elevated street on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, which has a particular fame for its uniqueness, questions are being raised on the working type of JDA Director Engineering I Devendra Gupta.
-Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma had taken a overview assembly of the Urban Development Department on 29 November.
-The progress of implementation of funds bulletins was additionally reviewed within the assembly.
During that point, the elevated street from Ambedkar Circle to Jawahar Circle was additionally mentioned in depth.
-Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma ordered to overview this mission.
-The purpose given for reviewing the mission was the potential of the mission having an antagonistic affect on the distinctiveness and beautification of Jawaharlal Nehru Marg.
-Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma believes that as a result of this mission, there’s a chance of antagonistic affect on the distinctiveness and beautification of this route.
– Seeing the seriousness of the Chief Minister relating to Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, now JDA is exploring the potential of development of elevated street on Tonk Road as an alternative of this route.
-But on this total episode, questions are being raised on the working type of JDA Director Engineering I Devendra Gupta, who proposed the elevated street on JLN route.
-The most necessary query is that when Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma himself is severe in regards to the antagonistic affect on the exclusivity of the JLN route.
-Was Devendra Gupta, who joined JDA and have become Director Engineering from Junior Engineer, not conscious of the specificity of JLN route?
-This is when even throughout the earlier Congress authorities, a mission was dropped as a result of the potential of spoiling the great thing about the distinctiveness of JLN route.
According to consultants, the proposed flyover mission at OTS intersection on JLN street was dropped by the earlier Congress authorities because of this.
In such a scenario, the query additionally arises that the proposal for development of elevated street on JLN route was despatched in a rush with out contemplating it for the funds announcement?
The negligence of proposing elevated street on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg can also be costing JDA’s treasury closely. JDA’s income is shedding lakhs of rupees within the means of getting ready the feasibility report of the elevated street. Let us inform you how that is occurring.
-JDA has submitted feasibility report of elevated street from Collectorate Circle to Rajmahal Palace intersection and elevated street from Ambedkar Circle to Jawahar Circle.
-And a piece order of Rs 8 crore 61 lakh 40 thousand was given to the agency Consulting Engineers Group for getting ready the Detailed Project Report (DPR).
-The agency has ready the feasibility report of those two elevated roads and submitted it to JDA.
According to the phrases of the tender, JDA should pay 20 p.c on submitting the feasibility report.
According to the work order, Rs 1 crore 72 lakh 28 thousand should be paid to the agency as 20 p.c quantity.
-Feasibility of two elevated roads has been ready on this quantity.
-Accordingly, the price of getting ready the feasibility report of an elevated street is Rs 86 lakh 14 thousand.
-JDA should pay this quantity to the agency primarily based on the feasibility report of the elevated street from Ambedkar Circle to Jawahar Circle.
-Whereas CM Bhajanlal Sharma has been ordered to overview the mission of this elevated street proposed on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg.
In such a scenario, the potential of elevated street on Tonk Road is being explored instead.
Due to this, JDA should unnecessarily pay lakhs of rupees for the feasibility report of the proposed elevated street on Jawaharlal Nehru Marg.
In such a scenario, the query arises whether or not these lakhs of rupees can be recovered from the wage of the accountable prime engineer.