Contractor paid but water never reached homes, Jal Jeevan probe in Madhya Pradesh finds
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in Madhya Pradesh has conducted a probe into Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) works in several villages, finding that water was never supplied despite a payment of Rs 3.85 crore to the contractor. The probe alleged collusion between the contractor, Shivendra Kumar Tiwari, and three Public Health Engineering officials - A.P.
Tiwari, Sanjay Pandey, and J.P. Dwivedi. The contractor allegedly received payment for substandard work that left households without adequate water infrastructure. Two villages, Judmania Raghunath and Khatkhari, were among those investigated. In Judmania Raghunath, an overhead water tank collapsed during its first filling, and household connections were not completed.
At Khatkhari, a 75-KL water tank with structural issues collapsed, and the required fittings were missing. In Karah village, pipeline work was only completed in about half the area, and water supply had stopped. The same was found to be the case in Shivrajpur, where only partial work had been completed, and household connections were incomplete.
The probe noted that while pipeline laying had been carried out across large parts of the villages, water supply had never been established.
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