The Government has suspended Executive Engineer Mechanical Medical Hospital and Central Hitting Division Jammu, Bodh Raj, with immediate effect following complaints of alleged negligence and lapses in setting up Medical Oxygen Plants in Jammu Divisional Hospitals. Department Circle Jammu Rajiv Gupta has been given an additional charge. Bodh Raj will be attached with the Development Commissioner, Road and Building Construction Department during the suspension.
A few days back, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr Raghav Langar, wrote a letter to the Principal Secretary, Road and Building Construction Department, stating that there have been many lapses in the purchase, installation and commissioning of Oxygen Generation Plant in the Jammu division. He wrote in his letter that when the audit was conducted for the setting up of the Medical Oxygen Plant, it was found that there had been many glitches in the tender process itself. Therefore, compared to Kashmir, quality has been compromised in setting up an oxygen plant in Jammu.
The Divisional Commissioner wrote that the Chief Engineer Mechanical Engineering Department invited four tenders for setting up Medical Oxygen Plants at 17 places in Jammu. At the same time, the executive engineer invited 19 tenders for setting up medical oxygen plants at 19 locations in Kashmir. There were many differences between these two. While the Oxygen Generation Plant in Kashmir asked for PSA technology, Jammu, in agreement with it, but the option of BSA along with PSA was in it.
At the same time, Jammu compromised with quality in many things, including air system, filtration system. As a result, four e-tenders were invited to the Jammu division. Later on, these were further amended. Dr Raghav Langar also wrote that whatever technical details were sought in the tender, it is clear that special attention was paid to quality in the Kashmir division. But this was not the case in Jammu. Based on these, the Divisional Commissioner had asked the Principal Secretary to get the entire matter investigated.
