Boudh: Massive irregularities in the implementation of rural housing schemes were alleged in Boudh district. In official records, even dead people were shown as beneficiaries and their funds have been misappropriated.
One such case was reported from Badamal village of Mundapada panchayat. Kartik Nayak of the same village died years ago, but Rs 70,000 sanctioned in his name under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) has been embezzled.
His daughter Manju Nayak has filed a complaint in this regard.
Many block-level officials are trying their best to provide concrete houses to ineligibles for their vested interest, it was alleged.
On the other hand, lakhs of rupees under the housing scheme have been misappropriated in some tribal-dominated villages under Harbhanga block.
The BJP has raised the issues and claimed that funds of 18 beneficiaries of Sanakhajuri and Badakhajuri villages were embezzled by officials and some people’s representatives.
The party submitted a list of beneficiaries, whose housing funds have been misappropriated, to the District Collector Saturday.
Massive irregularities in the implementation of rural housing schemes are going on at panchayat levels in the district. Some politicians are encouraging all this to appease their supporters, alleged Boudh’s BJP district unit president Bipracharan Mohanty.
Bills of housing units have been made in their names, but in reality they are not aware of their housing status.
The BJP has demanded a high-level investigation into the housing scam and action against those involved in it.
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