Announcement by Kota Srinivas Poojary comes after demand by members, cutting across party lines, in Legislative Council
The government on Wednesday agreed to set up a House committee to probe alleged large-scale irregularities in implementation of the Ganga Kalyana Yojane meant to provide water facilities to poor Dalit farmers by sinking borewells.
The announcement by Leader of the House and Muzrai Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary came after members, cutting across party lines, in the Legislative Council urged the government to probe the alleged irregularities after BJP member Y.A. Narayanswamy raised the issue, and pointed at various corrupt practices found across the State.
“The discretionary quota of 20% of the total allocation of borewells is being grossly misused. Fake bills are being created where borewells were not even sunk, bills are being raised for wells where water…