C'da, >BTW, isn't the Assam govt. run by the same folks who hold the reins >of the powers at Delhi? Is there a problem with this National Party?
I really don't think the 'party' in power makes a difference. The Centeral Govt. set this up during the Vajpayee Admin. (there was probably a different admin in Assam too). Just because there is a change at the helm, it doesn't mean treaties and allocations change overnight. There may be policy changes but things that need to be funded continue.The Central Auditors do hold BOTH the Center and the State responsible for the proper use of allocated funds. That was their report. Now, whether the CM or others or even Central ministers get punished or even caught in this scam is a different matter and the auditors have no say in that. Suppose we assume that the Center slept these past 25 years, what happened to the GOA (all with Assamese interests), what did they do? They took the allocated funds, and spent and misused it - cash strapped or not. All the auditors did was follow the money trail, and unfortunately it led straight to the GOA. This is a normal procedure for all state allocations - the Centeral funds are allocated to the states for various projects, and the states (normally) try and get this done within the framework of solid accounting practices and are accountable for what and where they spend. And the auditors do their job. This type of scenario is often repeated. The voter ID cards - Assam logged in less than 1% completion, while every other state had atleast more than 50%. And who need voter IDs more than any other state? The same happened with the Asian Dev. Bank funds(loans) for the reorg of ASEB. From last reports, that money is nowhere to be found. > Why did the Center give the funds to Assam to do the Center's job? Was it > not >aware of the corruption that goes on ? So, alongwith the Center, why not also blame the ADB for being so foolish to fund money to Assam? Oh!, I am sorry, the ADB probably had no clue about the rampant corruption in the state - its their fault anyway, for not researching well enough. --Ram On 8/9/05, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The Center ought to send its own border construction team and get > >the job done. > > > > *** I think that would be jumping the gun. After all twenty five > years is not that long. I mean for the Center to realize there is a > problem, and that it has a duty to protect the borders, and not cry > about its funds being 'mis-utilized' by a state that is already broke > from having to pay for the Indian military who have found a permanent > home in Assam? > > BTW, isn't the Assam govt. run by the same folks who hold the reins > of the powers at Delhi? Is there a problem with this National Party? > And if there is how can Assam get rid of its incompetent governance? > Are there built-in safeguards in desi-demokrasy, or is it the people > of Assam's own damn fault? What happened to the vaunted framework of > 'steal', I mean steel--the Civil Services, the Center's CAN-DO > cadres, that are supposed to manage the affairs of state with its > cutting edge management skills? > > Or should we hold the people of Assam responsible for dereliction of > its duty of not protecting the 'national' borders too? > > *** I see a propensity to blame Assam instead of holding those whose > duty it is to protect the borders. Why did the Center give the funds > to Assam to do the Center's job? Was it not aware of the corruption > that goes on ? Or was it to help the right parties get the right > contracts thru the leaky system in Assam? Not entirely out of the > realm of possibilities, is it? > > > > > > At 10:03 AM -0500 8/9/05, Ram Sarangapani wrote: > >The Gogoi admin has been diverting and misusing Central funds meant > >for border construction, and thus unable to implement the Assam > >Accord. > > > >"Comptroller and Auditor General of India ....revealed that funds to > >the tune of Rs 7.53 crore provided between 1999 and 2004 for the > >project by the Centre had been diverted, misutilised and locked up to > >benefit the state PWD, irrigation, Assam State Electricity Board and > >bank, which has adversely affected the implementation of the project. > >" > > > >Huh! And we still have die-hards who would like to put the blame > >squarely on Delhi as to why the border hasn't been completed. I would > >fault the Center for entrusting an incompetent State machinery to > >undertake such a major project. > > > >The Center ought to send its own border construction team and get > >the job done. > > > >___________________________________________________ > >Issue Date: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 > >Assam red-faced over CAG report > >A STAFF REPORTER > >Guwahati, Aug. 8: The Assam government has diverted central funds > >meant for the construction of a strategic Indo-Bangladesh border road > >and fence project, thereby leaving the scheme incomplete and exposing > >the border to infiltrators. > > > >This startling revelation, made in the annual report of the > >Comptroller and Auditor General of India, 2004, tabled on the first > >day of the monsoon session of the Assembly here today, has come as an > >embarrassment for the Tarun Gogoi government, which has been claiming > >its sincerity in implementing the 1985 Assam Accord. > > > >The CAG said a review of the 100 per cent centrally-assisted project > >being executed by the Assam PWD since 1986-87 revealed that funds to > >the tune of Rs 7.53 crore provided between 1999 and 2004 for the > >project by the Centre had been diverted, misutilised and locked up to > >benefit the state PWD, irrigation, Assam State Electricity Board and > >bank, which has adversely affected the implementation of the project. > > > >Moreover, the department incurred > >"unfruitful/infructuous/wasteful/unproductive and unauthorised > >expenditure to the tune of Rs 9.13 crore". > > > >The revelation has come at a time when the infiltration issue has been > >in the headlines after the Illegal Migrants (Determination by > >Tribunals) Act was struck down by the Supreme Court and the All Assam > >Students Union renewing its demand to get the 1985 Assam Accord > >implemented in toto. > > > >The 536.3-km-long border project was undertaken under Clauses 9.1 and > >9.2 of the said pact to prevent infiltration through physical barr- > >iers like construction of all-weather roads and providing barbed wire > >fencing along the entire stretch of the border to facilitate effective > >patrolling by security personnel on land as well as riverine routes. > > > >The CAG report states that the state PWD has failed to plan properly, > >manage or execute the project smoothly. As a result, not only was the > >project incomplete, the 41.505 km of completed roads and 6.393 km of > >the fence could not be handed over either to the central PWD or to the > >BSF. It also said 107 km of riverine border, constituting as much as > >40 per cent of the total project length, remains unsealed. > > > >"The overall shortfall in the construction of road was four per cent > >and 49 per cent under phases I and II respectively and that of the > >fence was four per cent and 85 per cent respectively," the report > >said. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Assam mailing list > >Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > > >Mailing list FAQ: > >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > >To unsubscribe or change options: > >http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
