Video clips showing officials demanding bribes from Indira Awas Yojna beneficiaries uploaded to cause maximum embarrassment
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish B Kumar's war on corruption has a technological turn. The Bihar Government has now decided to upload clips of complaints against corrupt officials on YouTube.
Over a thousand such complainants' clips against officials involved in the Indira Awas Yojna (IAY) have been uploaded, which have become a major cause of embarrassment for the allegedly corrupt officials.
“On being informed of the rampant corruption in implementation of the IAY, we decided to use technology and uploaded clips of officials who allegedly demanded bribes from beneficiaries,“ said State Rural Development Minister Nitish Mishra. He had mooted the suggestion a couple of months ago.
“The main purpose was to embarrass and expose officials seeking bribes in implementing IAY among poor villagers,“ said Mishra, adding that there would be thorough verification of the complaints later as a precursor to lodging a case against the erring officials. The initial exposure, he felt, “will definitely prove a major roadblock in checking corruption“.
The State Government has recently lodged police complaints against 72 officials and issued them showcause notices.
In August, nearly 10 lakh people living below the poverty line were given the first installment of money under IAY to build houses. The Government directed all district officials to make arrangements to record videos of complaints by beneficiaries of IAY at the camps.
Recently, a family of four had committed suicide in Aurangabad district after being cheated by middlemen of IAY benefits. The incident had exposed the rampant corruption in implementation of the Central scheme and brought it to the Chief Minister’s notice.
“Either the corrupt will survive or I’ll be here now, ” Nitish Kumar has declared.
He will embark on a Sewa Yatra from November 9 from West Champaran.
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