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Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Pawan Kalyan informed the Legislative Council that due enactment has been initiated against officials liable for irregularities successful works executed nether the Employment Guarantee Scheme successful Vizianagaram Mandal of Vizianagaram district.
Responding to a question raised by MLC Penumatsa Varaha Venkata Suryanarayana Raju, the Deputy Chief Minister, connected Friday (February 27), placed elaborate accusation earlier the House regarding the implementation of works and the alleged fiscal misappropriation.
According to the authoritative reply, a full of 2,793 works were carried retired successful Vizianagaram Mandal during the existent fiscal year, with an expenditure of ₹12.65 crore arsenic of date. The strategy generated employment for 9,491 wage seekers, creating 3.88 lakh person-days of work. An magnitude of ₹8.96 crore has been disbursed towards wages during the fiscal twelvemonth 2025–26 truthful far.
Addressing concerns astir alleged large-scale irregularities, the Minister stated that the A.P. Society for Social Audit, Accountability and Transparency (APSSAAT) conducted a Special Social Audit for works executed betwixt April 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025. Based connected the audit findings, the Project Director of the District Water Management Agency (DWMA), Vizianagaram, conducted a nationalist hearing.
The enquiry recovered misappropriation of ₹41.71 lakh from the full works worthy ₹9.54 crore verified during the audit period.
In effect to a circumstantial query, the Deputy Chief Minister confirmed that the irregularities occurred during the tenure of the past mandal parishad improvement serviceman (MPDO). He said that the District Collector, Vizianagaram, has initiated due enactment against the erring officials, including the erstwhile MPDO.
