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ACB to get own buildings in all districts
Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which is creating panic among the most corrupt officials working in various Government departments in the State, is going to constructoffices in each district so that more and more people can easily approach the officials and join hands to check corruption in the State.
Vijayawada: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which is creating panic among the most corrupt officials working in various Government departments in the State, is going to constructoffices in each district so that more and more people can easily approach the officials and join hands to check corruption in the State.
Highlights:
- Three new buildings have already been completed
- The State government has allotted Rs 16 crore for construction of new buildings in 13 districts
- More than 300 cases have been filed during the last one year
The ACB Director General R P Thakur has recently said the department follows zero tolerance on corruption and the officials are available 24x7 to the public. He said the department is giving wide publicity of the phone numbers of the ACB officials in each district and has been trying to make the State free from corruption.
So far, the department has completed new office buildings in Eluru, Vizag and Tirupati and would complete the remaining buildings in all districts by next year. The State Government had allotted Rs.16 crore for construction of office buildings for ACB.
Presently, the department has only one office for two districts.
Foundation was laid for construction of range office atBhavanipuram, Vijayawada last month. The Government provides adequate infrastructure facilities in the new office buildings and provides latest technology for investigation of cases and storing the data.
The department has registered more than 300 cases in the State from November 2016 to November 2017.
The department had booked 150 trap cases and nearly 50 DA cases during the last one year. Properties worth several hundred crores were noticed in the Disproportionate Assets Cases during the raids in one year.
Some higher officials working in Endowment, Panchayat Raj, Municipal administration, Revenue and other departments were booked for illegally amassing wealth disproportionate to their income. In spite of the efforts of the ACB and other agencies to check corruption, DA cases booked in the State expose the rampant corruption prevailed in many Government departments.
By MD Ameen
