Ranchi: Jharkhand government Tuesday
announced a probe into overloading of trucks and the role of
mobile inspectors in monitoring rules.
"We admit there is overloading. There will be a probe
into it," Deputy Chief Minister, Raghuvar Das informed the
state assembly and promised to book the mobile inspectors if
found guilty.
Das' reply followed opposition allegation that mobile
inspectors indulged in malpractice in allowing overload
on six-wheelers and ten-wheelers well above the required load
of ten tonne and 25 tonne respectively.
To another corruption charge raised by BJP MLA Bimala
Pradhan, Deputy Chief Minister, Sudesh Mahto, who also holds
the sports portfolio, said that he would look into the
problems of the half-built Astro Turf Hockey Stadium in
Simdega.
There were complaints against some engineers in
connection with misappropriation of funds.
The proposal for a stadium, he said, was taken up in
2001/02 by the sports department and that the probe would
cover how the welfare department got involved in it.
Pradhan alleged that the half-built stadium had become
the village market, wasting a huge fund meant for a project.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 15:51