New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) The cost escalation in the CWG- related projects was attributed to acute shortage of time by the Organising Committee but an IAS officer has told the CBI that there was "deliberate negligence" on part of top OC bosses despite knowing the schedule of the sporting event.
IAS officer and former Chief Operating Officer of the OC, Vijay Kumar Gautam, arrayed as a witness by the CBI in the CWG Timing Scoring and Results (TSR) scam, said there was "no hurry" on part of the top OC bosses, including its chairman Suresh Kalmadi, a key accused in the case, to get things moving.
"On being asked, it is stated that when I joined OC on September 7, 2007, the technology functional area was non- functional. The technical staff was yet to be appointed. There was no person handling technology functional area. Needless to say that no work related to technology was even contemplated till that time, though the OC CWG 2010 had come into being in February 2005.
"In fact there was no hurry on the part of the top bosses in OC to get the things moving. There was deliberate negligence. It is stated the technology functional area is one of the core functional areas requiring highly skilled experts to handle the matters related to it," Gautam told the CBI.
His statement has been annexed with the CBI''s charge sheet, filed in a Delhi court on May 20 against Kalmadi, former secretary general of OC Lalit Bhanot and others for their alleged involvement in the TSR scam in which contract was illegally awarded to a Swiss firm. .
IAS officer and former Chief Operating Officer of the OC, Vijay Kumar Gautam, arrayed as a witness by the CBI in the CWG Timing Scoring and Results (TSR) scam, said there was "no hurry" on part of the top OC bosses, including its chairman Suresh Kalmadi, a key accused in the case, to get things moving.
"On being asked, it is stated that when I joined OC on September 7, 2007, the technology functional area was non- functional. The technical staff was yet to be appointed. There was no person handling technology functional area. Needless to say that no work related to technology was even contemplated till that time, though the OC CWG 2010 had come into being in February 2005.
"In fact there was no hurry on the part of the top bosses in OC to get the things moving. There was deliberate negligence. It is stated the technology functional area is one of the core functional areas requiring highly skilled experts to handle the matters related to it," Gautam told the CBI.
His statement has been annexed with the CBI''s charge sheet, filed in a Delhi court on May 20 against Kalmadi, former secretary general of OC Lalit Bhanot and others for their alleged involvement in the TSR scam in which contract was illegally awarded to a Swiss firm. .
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