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Vigilance confirms PWD complaint ball is in its court

Vigilance Dept says it has ‘a lot of cases’ referred by PWD that it is enquiring into

Goa’s Vigilance Department is in receipt of a lot ofcomplaints related to corruption and irregularities in the PWD, confirmsVigilance Department Chief Bosco George. The Goan, after its’ lead interviewwith PWD Minister Sudin Dhavlikar where he had stated that his Department hadfiled multiple complaints with Vigilance Department and it is only after thesecomplaints were investigated that FIRs would be registered.

“We are investigating these complaints case by case and onlyafter the inquiry is over will we be filing charges. The FIR happens next”confirms SP George. The department has been sifting through reams of documentsthat include work orders, department notings etc. that had been handed over toit after PWD’s own internal inquiries revealed irregularities.

PWD Minister Dhavlikar has been on record stating that hehas taken serious note of The Goan’s expose that cracked some of the majorirregularities that have happened during the last Government. However, thedelay in booking the culprits of the case is raising eyebrows.   

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MPT's expansion: The state knows nothing at all

Member Savio Correia’s expose confirms that Goa isn’t aware of MPT’s expansion plans

Navin Jha / The Goan
Published Oct 27, 2012, 1:05 PM IST
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Vasco’s worst fears may in reality be true as IATG SavioCorreia’s RTI request and subsequent investigations by The Goan prove that theState government was either not aware of or did not bother to investigate thestring of expansion projects that were underway within the Mormugao Port Trustjurisdiction.  It also brings back into focus the stark divide between theCentral government agency projects within their jurisdiction and outside. Inthis case, the Central agency did…

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