Lok Sabha Question No. 4475 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Corruption in CPWD
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4475 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH  MARCH, 2017

## CORRUPTION IN CPWD

No. 4475                       SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

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

## 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.

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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

| S. No.            | Detail of inspections                                                                      | Type of inspection    | Date of inspection   | Whether shortcomings found or not   |
|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
| For the year 2014 | For the year 2014                                                                          | For the year 2014     | For the year 2014    | 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 | For the year 2015                                                                          | For the year 2015     | For the year 2015    | 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, | Sudden/ Surprise type | 18/11/15 to 23/11/15 | Yes  |

|                   | Hanger at BSF Campus. c.C/o 60 Nos. various type of quarters i/c electrical installations at G.C. CRPF (Lethpora), Srinagar.   |                                  |                      |                   |
|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
| 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 | For the Year-2016                                                                                                              | For the Year-2016                | For the Year-2016    | 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                                                                                                 | CTE Type                         | 13/03/16 to 18/03/16 | No                |

|    | works in NIT Jalandhar.                                                                          |              |                      |    |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|----------------------|----|
|  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                                                                                                                                                                                               | Regular type                      | 13.12.16 to 15.12.16   | No    |

|                   | Hindon Project Division                                                     |                                 |                      |                   |
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
| 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 | For the year 2017                                                           | For the year 2017               | For the year 2017    | 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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