Not only has the mismanagement of coal gone unpunished but the current dispensation appears to be abetting and aiding the culprits in bleeding the state exchequer of Rs 31.71 cr

ES Reporter

ITANAGAR, Apr 24: In our ongoing exposé into the mismanagement of extraction and marketing of coal from the Namchik-Namphuk Coal Fields, based on documents accessed, it appears that nexus between political bosses and officials went out of its way to bleed the state exchequer so as to benefit M/s National Mining Corporation Limited (NMCL) that had entered into agreement with Arunachal Pradesh Mineral Development & Trading Corporation Limited (APMDTCL), GoAP for extraction and marketing of coal from NNCF.
Coal India Limited (CIL) revised the sale price of coal from the existing sale price w.e.f. 1.1.2012. However, it was only after lapse of more than 11 months that the APMDTCL adopted the above revised rates by issuing notification vide No MDT Rs 31.57 crores against the sale of 1, 55,176 MT of coal from 1.1.2012 to 19.5.2012.
On expected lines, which seems more like a part of design to bleed the state exchequer, dispute was raised by the M/s NMCL stating that notification of revise sale price was issued a year after the sales were made. Hence, M/s NMCL agreed to pay Rs 11.69 crores in respect of coal sold during April 4 to May 19 2012 but refused to pay Rs 19.88 crores for differential sale value of coal sold from 1.1.2012 to 31.3.2012.
“Why were no officials ever show-caused or suspended for dereliction of duty?” quips Kaku Potom, petitioner in the PIL Case no. PIL/13/2010.
Such lackadaisical approach in managing limited resources, leading to losses should not have gone unpunished, says Potom while questioning the wisdom to forego Rs 19.88 crores  for differential sale value of coal sold from 1.1.2012 to 31.3.2012 from M/s NMCL by a committee constituted vide No. MDT/ACCTT/BILL/59/2012 (PART-II)/502 dated 25 March 2013.
“Who were the committee members?  Why has the current government not acted upon the Accountant General’s report? Has the current dispensation’s ‘Zero Tolerance Policy Against Corrupt Practice’ gone for a toss?” questioned Potom. Further, he flagged the non-recovery of Rs 3.11 crore that M/s NMCL had agreed to pay on account of coal sold during April 4 to May 19 2012.

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Kenter Joya Riba

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