Question : Corruption in CPWD

Will the Minister of Urban Development be pleased to state:

(a) whether the objectives of Central Public Works Department (CPWD) are not being achieved due to corrupt practices and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;

(b) whether the Government has conducted any probe / review of the works conducted by CPWD during the last three years and the current year and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has found any shortcomings or corrupt practices in these probe / review;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the names of officials found guilty in this regard; and

(e) the action taken / being taken by the Government against such officials?

Answer given by the minister

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) : The objectives of Central Public Works Department (CPWD) of creating and maintaining Central Government assets are being achieved. Appropriate mechanisms exist in the department to detect and deal with corrupt practices.

(b) to (e) : The works are reviewed internally by the quality control unit/ vigilance unit of the Department from time to time. These are also under the purview of Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG). The details of inspections conducted by the Vigilance Unit during last three years and the current year are given in the statement annexed. The Vigilance Unit has, prima facie, noticed shortcomings in some of the works as indicated in the Statement. After prima facie enquiry, further detailed investigations are in progress.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) to (e) OF THE REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4475 for 29.3.2017 REGARDING CORRUPTION IN CPWD.

INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT BY VIGILANCE UNIT, CPWD
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S. No. Detail of inspections Type of inspection Date of inspection Whether shortcomings found or not
For the year 2014
1 Inspection of work of boundary wall construction at BSF Campus Singhpura, Baramulla, J&K Surprise/Regular type ----- Yes
2 Inspection of construction works and maintenance work at CPWD Bhopal and Indore. Surprise/Regular type ----- No
3 Inspection of construction works and maintenance work at CPWD Bangalore and Mysore. Surprise/Regular type ----- No
4 Inspection of construction works and maintenance work at CPWD Chennai, Madurai and Trichy. Surprise/Regular type ----- No
For the year 2015
1 Inspection of IIT Bhubneshwar works. CTE type 9/3/15 to 14/3/15 No
2 Inspection of Hort. Divn. M-114 PWD Delhi. Regular type 9/2/15 to 12/2/15 No
3 Inspection of Hort. Divn. M-214 PWD Delhi. Regular type 18/2/15 to 20/2/15 No
4 Inspection of development Project Divn. 1 CPWD, Delhi. Regular type 23/2/15 to 26/2/15 No
5 Inspection of PWD, EMD M-152, Delhi. Regular type 23/2/15 to 27/2/15 No
6 Inspection of P. Divn. CPWD Delhi Regular type 13/4/15 to 17/4/15 No
7 Inspection of Trivandrum Central. Elect. Divn., CPWD. Regular type 16/5/15 to 21/5/15 No
8 Inspection of Trivandrun Central. Divn., CPWD- records of work order and final bill scrutinized. Regular type 16/5/15 to 21/5/15 No
9 Inspection of PWD Divn.B-231, Delhi LNJP Hospital (4 works). Regular type 6/6/15 to 11/6/15 Yes
10 Inspection of PWD Divn.B-234, Delhi for work of C/o 200 bedded hospital at Kaushik Enclave Burari Delhi. Regular type 10/6/15 to 11/6/15 Yes
11 Inspection of Safdarjung Hospital. Divn.,CPWD. Regular type 22/6/15 to 26/6/15 No

12 Inspection of Chandigarh Central. Divn.-I & II, PGMIER Project Divn. & Shimla Central Divn. I & II, CPWD. Regular type 10/8/15 to 18/8/15 No
13 Inspection of works under Delhi Aviation Divn., CPWD. Regular type 17/8/15 to 21/8/15 No
14 Inspection of works under PEED CPWD. Regular type 24/8/15 to 28/8/15 No
15 Regular Inspection of NZ-III, CPWD, Jaipur (JCD-I, Jaipur, JCD-II, Jaipur & ACD, Ajmer.) Regular type 14/9/15 to 19/9/15 Yes
16 Inspection of C Division, CPWD Regular type 12/10/15 to 16/10/15 No
17 Inspection of CE (South), M PWD Division M-411, M-441. Regular type 16/12/15 to 19/12/15 Yes
18 Inspection of work of C/o Southern Regional Centre of NSG at Ibrahim Patnam, Hyderabad, SH- Laying of security path inside boundary wall. Sudden/ Surprise type 16/04/15 to 19/04/15 Yes
19 Inspection of the works under Srinagar Central Division after case referred by DG, CPWD of CUK campus :-
a. C/o boundary wall of CUK Srinagar.
b. C/o Air Base with provision of Cabin/ Helicopter, Hanger at BSF Campus.
c. C/o 60 Nos. various type of quarters i/c electrical installations at G.C. CRPF (Lethpora), Srinagar. Sudden/ Surprise type 18/11/15 to 23/11/15
Yes
20 C/o Ambedkar University at Dheerpur, Outer Ring Road, Delhi. (SH- Boundary wall) Sudden/ Surprise type 08/12/15 to 09/12/15 No
21 Inspection work of Firing Range at National Police Academy, Hyderabad. Inspection related to complaint. 22/05/15 to 23/05/15 Yes
For the Year-2016
1 Inspection of the work of C/o head office building of Punjab National Bank at plot No. 4, Dwarka, New Delhi. PNB Project Zone. CTE Type 18/01/16 to 22/01/16 No
2 Inspection of works under Supreme Court Project Zone, CPWD. CTE Type 29/02/16 to 01/03/16 No
3 Inspection of works under Gandhi Nagar CED, CPWD, Gandhinagar. CTE Type 29/02/16 to 04/03/16 No
4 Inspection of various Projects works in NIT Jalandhar. CTE Type 13/03/16 to 18/03/16 No
5 Inspection of various works of Hyderabad Central Division-II & III. Regular Type 27/01/16 to 30/01/16 No
6 Inspection of various works of Hyderabad Central Elect. Division-II Regular Type 27/01/16 to 30/01/16 No
7 Inspection of Zonal office, NEZ-I, CPWD, Shillong. Regular Type 01/02/16 to 07/02/16 No
8 Inspection of O/o the EE (E) , CED-XIII & EE (E), ECD-III , CPWD, New Delhi. Regular Type 05/02/16 to 08/02/16 No
9 Inspection of Allahabad Central Division, Allahabad & Varanasi Project Division, CPWD, Varanasi. Regular Type 16/02/16 to 21/02/16 No
10 Inspection of works under U Division, Regular Type 23/05/16 to 27/05/16 No
11 Inspection of work “C/o Various buildings under phase-I for IIT Ropar at Ropar, Panjab. Regular Type 14/06/16 to 18/06/16 No
12 Inspection of works under CED, CPWD, Jammu. Regular Type 20/06/16 to 24/06/16 No
13 Inspection of various works under Chennai Central Division- I & II, Chennai. Regular Type 28/06/16 to 06/07/16 No
14 Inspection of work “C/o Married accommodation Project at Mamum Military Station. SH:C/o 220 ORs Quarters (Double Storeyed) i/c internal (Civil & Elect.) Services at Bhaskar Colony” after case referred by DG, CPWD. Inspection related to complaint 13/01/16 to 17/01/16 Yes
15 Inspection of GPRA Kanpur on irregularities on allotment of quarters. Inspection related to complaint 06/04/16 to 08/04/16 Yes
16 Inspection of work “C/o boundary wall in CRPF Campus at Neemuch (MP)” Inspection related to complaint 06/06/16 to 07/06/16 Yes
17 Inspection of work “C/o 500 bedded (G+7), boys hostel & 300 (G+3) bedded girls hostel Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology, Murthal. (Sonipat), Haryana.” Inspection related to complaint 02/06/16 to 03/06/16 Yes
18 Inspection of works under Faridabad Central Electrical Divn. Regular type 23.11.16 to 30.11.16 No
19 Inspection of works under Ghaziabad Central Division Regular type 6.12.16 to 9.12.16 No
20 Inspection of works under Hindon Project Division Regular type 13.12.16 to 15.12.16 No
21 Inspection of works under Tilpat Project Division Regular type 20.12.16 to 20.12.16 No
22 Inspection of works under Noida Central Division Regular type 21.12.16 to 23.12.16 No
23 Inspection of works under Faridabad Central Division Regular type 27.12.16 to 29.12.16 No
24 Inspection of works under Hindon Central Electrical Division Regular type 23.11.16 to 30.11.16 No
For the year 2017
1 Inspection of works under IIT Jodhpur Project Division CTE type 6.2.17 to 8.2.17 No
2 Inspection of works under Jaisalmer Central Division Regular type 9.2.17 to 11.2.17 No
3 Inspection of works at CPWD Neemuch , MP Inspection related to complaint 17.1.17 to 20.1.17 No
4 Inspection of works at CPWD Nagpur , Maharashtra Inspection related to complaint 14.2.17 to 17.2.17 No
5 Inspection of work road constructed by CPWD under PMGSY in Darbhanga, Bihar Inspection related to complaint 16.1.17 to 20.1.17 Yes
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