nagpur :- After spending Rs 6.86cr, weirs still need repairs

Even though the Zilla Parishad irrigation department has spent Rs 6.86 crores, as 457 of 731 Kolhapur-type weirs still require repair works.

Ganpatrao Raut, ZP member, who sought the information from the irrigation department, alleged that misappropriation of funds has been done in repair and construction of KT weirs. He demanded a CBI probe.

Referring to a statistics procured from irrigation department, Raut alleged that Parsheoni tehsil has around 26 KT weirs of which 25 need repair works. Ironically, the irrigation department has already spent Rs 99 lakh for its repair.

The position is not any different in Mouda. The tehsil has around 26 KT weirs of which 23 needs immediate repair. Here too, the department has spent Rs 1.81 crore for the works on paper. In Nagpur tehsil, there are around 27 KT weirs, but nine have not been repaired.

Three out of 13 KT weirs in Kamptee tehsil also need repair works. However, the department has claimed that it has spent Rs 4.7 crore for repair works. In Hingna tehsil too, as many as 24 KT weirs out of 73 need repair works.

According to statistics, Kalmeshwar tehsil has 47 KT weirs of which 31 require repair works. In Saoner tehsil, there are 31 KT weirs out of which 28 are lying unrepaired. Katol tehsil has the highest numbers of KT weirs with 151 of which 62 need repair works.

As many as 46 KT weirs out of 53 need repair works in Narkhed tehsil. In Umrer 50 out of 58, Bhivapur 44 out of 55, Kuhi 42 out of 68 and Ramtek 66 out of 92, are crying for repairs.