The work executed on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence on Flagstaff Road was marked as an addition and alteration however a complete constructing was constructed to exchange the prevailing construction, the vigilance division report filed within the matter states.
The report states that the preliminary proposal for work on the constructing was despatched by the then Public Works Department (PWD) minister, Satyendar Jain, in March 2020; and it mentioned the prevailing lodging was “not sufficient to cater to various meetings as well as formal meetings”.
“It is, therefore, directed to construct two additional meeting rooms, one additional drawing room, and one additional formal dining room of capacity of about 24 persons at the ground floor…,” the report, quoting the proposal, states.
It provides that the lodging on the bottom ground is offered on the primary ground by including an extra storey.
In response, PWD officers mentioned that for the reason that constructing was constructed in 1942-43 and was previous, with load-bearing partitions, remodelling the bottom ground to create an extra ground was not beneficial.
The officers beneficial that further building be executed inside the premises and the prevailing bungalow be “separated by barricading”.
“After the construction is completed… CM and his family may shift to the new bungalow and the existing bungalow be demolished,” the report, citing the advice, mentioned. The officers additionally proposed an lodging for safety personnel and a parking facility.
The report, ready by Special Secretary (Vigilance), YVVJ Rajasekhar, who has been at loggerheads with the AAP authorities over the previous month, additionally states that the constructed and plinth space elevated from 1,397 sqm to 1,905 sqm through the venture’s execution and that an extra Rs 6.94 crore was spent on “superior specification work”.
This included “making artistic work to ornamental moulding over RCC”; a sky-light window over the principle staircase space; and use of Burma teak wooden.
The report additionally states that constructing plans weren’t sanctioned by PWD’s constructing committee and the work order doesn’t discuss a camp workplace being created and solely a employees block.
The report has been submitted by the vigilance division to the Lieutenant Governor.
The AAP, in response, mentioned there was no irregularity. “It’s unfortunate that the BJP, after failing at all its attempts to malign the CM’s image over the past 9 years, is now targeting CM’s residence. There is nothing in the report to say any crime was committed. This is the first time an official CM residence complex was created in Delhi comprising the CM residence, office secretariat, auditorium, staff quarters etc… Modi ji is scared of the increasing popularity of Delhi CM and has unleashed all agencies against him. Modi ji has not been able to find irregularity worth a single penny,” it mentioned in an official assertion.