Bhubaneswar: A week after the arrest of a class-A contractor and his son, Bijay Agrawal and his son Deepak, for allegedly siphoning off government funds amounting to Rs 34.14 lakh, the Odisha Vigilance on Monday conducted raids at the office and residence of officials of Hindustan Steel Construction Works Ltd at Nayapalli, IRC Village, Bhubaneswar.
The firm is accused of substandard execution and misappropriation of funds in the construction of four hostel blocks in Sonepur district allotted by the SC & ST Development Department.
The Department had signed a MoU with Hindustan Steelworks to construct the hostels for SC/ST students in undivided Kalahandi, Balangir and Koraput (KBK) districts. The firm was awarded a work order to construct 26 hostels (120-bed) for ST students in Rayagada district, eight hostels (100-bed) for SC students in Balangir, four hostels (100-bed) in Sonepur and three upgraded high school buildings in Bargarh district at an estimated cost of over Rs 43.93 crore.
