Collectors asked to submit expense details of med camps

Bhubaneswar: The panchayati raj department has asked all collectors to submit details of the amount spent in the management of temporary medical camps (TMCs), which were used as institutional quarantine facilities for the returnees from other states in all 6,798 gram panchayats of the state.
Panchayati raj secretary D K Singh, in a letter, to all collectors, asked them to submit the details by June 19.
Singh said instruction was given to spend up to Rs 5 lakh out of the central finance commission and state finance commission funds available with the panchayats for setting up of TMCs in all panchayats. Also, Rs 48 crore was also sent to different districts to manage the TMCs.
As many as 16,813 TMCs were set up with nearly eight lakh bed strength.
More than 5 lakh returnees were put up at these TMCs by the district administrations.
To maintain financial propriety and books of accounts, the civil construction work of each TMC should be measured, check measured and total expenditure incurred on all items of works like civil construction, electrification, bed, bathroom, toilet and drinking water should be assessed panchayat-wise, block-wise and district-wise), stated Singh in his letter.
At the block level, a team comprising of block development officer (BDO), assistant engineer, junior engineer, panchayat executive officer and sarpanch of concerned panchayat will conduct physical verification of each TMC and quantify the works in physical terms and assess the exact expenditure incurred.