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NDTV
a day ago
- Politics
- NDTV
Madhya Pradesh State Department Orders Probe Against Own Minister
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department has ordered an investigation against its own minister Sampatiya Uike following explosive corruption allegations linked to the Rs 30,000 crore Jal Jeevan Mission. Chief Engineer (ENC) Sanjay Andhavan issued the inquiry orders after a complaint was sent directly to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government demanded a detailed report. The inquiry centers around serious allegations that funds meant to bring clean drinking water to rural homes have instead been directed into personal coffers. The allegations stem from a letter sent to the Prime Minister on April 12 by former MLA Kishor Samrite. Mr Samrite alleged that Ms Uike took Rs 1,000 crore in commission, while former Chief Engineer BK Sonagariya is accused of siphoning off Rs 2,000 crore through his accountant Mahendra Khare. Mr Samrite claims that top officials of the Jal Nigam's Project Implementation Unit (PIU) grabbed crores. In Betul, an executive engineer allegedly withdrew Rs 150 crore from government accounts without executing a single project. Similar patterns of ghost work and massive fund withdrawals have been flagged in Chhindwara and Balaghat districts. Mr Samrite has further alleged that nearly 7,000 fake completion certificates for non-existent water supply projects were sent to the Centre, raising fears that public money has been embezzled on an unprecedented scale. He has demanded a CBI investigation, warning that this could be one of the biggest scams in the country's history. A letter has been dispatched to all PHE Chief Engineers and the Project Director of MP Jal Nigam, directing them to submit findings within seven days.
Time of India
08-05-2025
- General
- Time of India
MP rolls out real-time tracking of tap-water schemes
Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh has launched a real-time monitoring system for rural tap-water schemes, becoming the first state in the country to implement an automated feedback mechanism for fully functional health engineering minister Sampatiya Uike on Wednesday inaugurated the ' Jal Darpan Portal ', and a state-level Feedback and Grievance Redressal Call Centre , calling it a major step towards improving transparency, accountability and service quality in drinking water portal will enable real-time tracking of coverage and functionality of tap-water schemes, allow direct feedback from beneficiaries, assess service delivery, identify issues and ensure immediate solutions, she said. The call centre will monitor key parameters such as regularity, quantity, and quality of water supplied through taps. It will lead to increased transparency, accountability, and improvement in service by the Public Health Engineering Department, the portal has been launched under the ' Jal Jeevan Mission '.The state-level call centre will evaluate key service parameters such as regularity, quantity, and quality of water supplied through taps. This system will define official responsibilities, strengthen rural water infrastructure, and prioritise citizen system will enable easy access to real-time data on the status of water supply schemes, allowing identification of defunct schemes and timely corrective far, out of 111.77 lakh rural households in the state, 77.12 lakh households (69%) have been provided with tap water supply. Burhanpur holds the distinction of becoming the country's first 'Har Ghar Jal' district.
