World bank-funded road project, repeated delays: What spurred Keralam’s vigilance probe against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
The inquiry concerns alleged procedural violations and irregularities in contracts and bill clearances during Kumar’s tenure as PWD secretary.
A Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) inquiry has been ordered by the Keralam home minister in connection with the World Bank-funded Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP). The project, which aimed to upgrade the state's highways and major district roads, was overseen by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar when he was the secretary of the state's Public Works Department (PWD).
Allegations of criminal misconduct surfaced in 2006 after a Malaysian civil engineer who was the chief project officer of the project died by suicide. The engineer had named Kumar in a letter. Kumar was moved out of his PWD secretary post in 2006, and several vigilance inquiries were initiated but never reached a prosecution stage.
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