ODISHA GOVERNMENT DIRECTED KORAPUT COLLECTOR TO SUSPEND CDPO, NANDAPUR
Nishapati Nayak,Odishabarta
KORAPUT: Koraput Collector has suspended Nandapur Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) Snigdharani Mishra as she was caught taking graft of Rs 1.75 lakh from a member of a SHG group last month.
Collector Koraput Madhusudan Mishra suspended the lady officer under the direction of the state Government.
On October 27, the Jeypore Vigilance officials caught the CDPO red-handed while she was accepting bribe of Rs 1.75 lakh from SHG member Snehalata Dalapati of Badsan Sahi in Nandapur.
The complaint had alleged that the CDPO had demanded the bribe from her in order to pass a bill of Rs 9,47,843 for the month of September and renew the agreement on supply of THR (Take Home Ration) in favour of the SHG.
Earlier in 2016, Vigilance had registered a case against the errant official on charges of acquisition and possession of assets disproportionate to her known sources of income.
Consecutive upon suspension of Snigdharani Mishra, CDPO, ICDS project Nandpur vide letter number-13031 on dated 16/ 11 /2020 of Principal Secretary to government department of women and child development and mission Shakti, Government of Odisha.
The Block Development Officer, Nandpur will act as drawing and disturbing officer of Nandapur ICDS project in addition to his own duties as per office order number 8236/ 27 /7 /1993 of government in Panchayat Raj department, similarly Smt. Monalisa Khemendu, lady supervisor of that project will however act as the head of office for all the purposes accept drawing and disturbing until further order.
