Bengal government accused of giving scheme money for compensation of Odisha train accident

Kolkata (IANS) | West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to hand over compensation checks to the families of Odisha train accident victims on Wednesday amid allegations that money from a special labor welfare scheme is being diverted for the purpose. . Shubhendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Debanjan Chakraborty, President of the West Bengal unit of the Construction Workers’ Federation of India (CWFI), alleged that the Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board (BOCWWB) money was being given to the families of accident victims. Is.

The official said the same was done while paying compensation to the families of the victims of the Bogatui massacre last year – the money allocated for the mid-day meal scheme was used to pay the compensation.

The Leader of Opposition said that the victims of the train accident should have been provided compensation from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.

Meanwhile, the state president of CWFI said that his association is considering going to court if such diversion of funds from the BICWWB scheme has indeed taken place.

He said, the state government has no authority to spend the money under the BOCWWB scheme for other purposes. If this has happened then we condemn any such move.

Meanwhile, the state government officials are maintaining complete silence on the matter.

However, a senior official of the state finance department, on the condition of anonymity, said that he was not aware of the matter, but there have been instances that in case of emergency, the state government diverts funds allocated under a particular scheme for a different purpose. uses for He said, the state’s finance department later returns the money again in the same scheme. This has been happening for centuries.

There was no response from the Trinamool Congress till the filing of this report.

–IANS