Bihar chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh is said to have called for details of the purchase of the soil worth Rs 90 lakh by the Patna zoo from the builder of a mall in the city.This follows hard on the heels of former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi stating on Thursday that the chief secretary would have to do explaining on the purchase of soil by the interest money generated on the Bihar Wildlife Conservation Fund. For, he said, the chief secretary is the chairperson of the Society responsible for expenditures from the Fund.
"As of now, the government has not ordered a probe as such. Any further action in the matter will be based on the review of relevant documents," the CS told TOI on Thursday evening.
The soil purchase scam came to light on Tuesday when former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi alleged that the zoo purchased the soil excavated from the site of an upcoming mall near Saguna Mor without floating tender. "The land on which the mall is coming up belongs to Delight Marketing Company Pvt Ltd of which deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and environment and forest minister Tej Pratap are directors," he said.
"The water resources department had given Rs 337 crore to the forest department for construction of Durgawati reservoir. Later, the Supreme Court ordered the creation of a corpus of the funds and utilize the interest generated from it for the conservation of forest and wildlife. However, a sum of Rs 90 lakh was withdrawn from the interest amount for purchasing the soil to develop a track inside the zoo," Modi said, adding chief minister Nitish Kumar should break his silence and order an all-party probe into the matter.
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By IndianMandarins - 2017-04-08 10:00:42
Bihar chief secretary Anjani Kumar Singh is said to have called for details of the purchase of the soil worth Rs 90 lakh by the Patna zoo from the builder of a mall in the city.This follows hard on the heels of former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi stating on Thursday that the chief secretary would have to do explaining on the purchase of soil by the interest money generated on the Bihar Wildlife Conservation Fund. For, he said, the chief secretary is the chairperson of the Society responsible for expenditures from the Fund.
"As of now, the government has not ordered a probe as such. Any further action in the matter will be based on the review of relevant documents," the CS told TOI on Thursday evening.
The soil purchase scam came to light on Tuesday when former deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi alleged that the zoo purchased the soil excavated from the site of an upcoming mall near Saguna Mor without floating tender. "The land on which the mall is coming up belongs to Delight Marketing Company Pvt Ltd of which deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav and environment and forest minister Tej Pratap are directors," he said.
"The water resources department had given Rs 337 crore to the forest department for construction of Durgawati reservoir. Later, the Supreme Court ordered the creation of a corpus of the funds and utilize the interest generated from it for the conservation of forest and wildlife. However, a sum of Rs 90 lakh was withdrawn from the interest amount for purchasing the soil to develop a track inside the zoo," Modi said, adding chief minister Nitish Kumar should break his silence and order an all-party probe into the matter.
