Corruption Still Prevails in IDCO
Bhubaneswar (Surjit Kumar Dhal): The Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) has become a hotbed of corruption. It is well known that IDCO provides land for industrial setups in Bhubaneswar. But for some corrupt employees of this organization, there have been widespread irregularities in the availability of industrial land in Bhubaneswar. Despite meeting all the criterias, there is a lack of suitable land and efficient entrepreneures are frustrated.
But IDCO failed to reclaim the land from the unlawful occupiers. No action is being taken against the occupiers or no land is being handed over to others. This is possible for some IDCO employees. As mentioned earlier, Pushparaj Pradhan, a former IDCO official, his brother and one OAS officer Mr. Jena are in charge of allotting land in the capital. The land is provided to whomever they wish. Those who are able to heat the pockets of these officers are getting large land in high profile areas like Mancheswar Industrial Estate.
Some people are applying for land in Chandaka but they are getting in Mancheswar. On the other hand, even though all the paperwork is done, people are not getting the land because they can’t please these baboons. It simply came to our notice then. So many young entrepreneurs are unable to stand on their own feet and provide employment to others. But a man, Saroj Kumar Tarasia, is occupying multiple locations of IDCO by pleasing the staffs. Initially, he applied for a land in Patia for a software company called Saroj’s Techno Group, which was given the land in 2006. Even after getting the plot, the above person did not start any work there.
Many years after, he applied for another plot in 2013, in place of that previous one. Four years after the allotment of the new land, he still occupies the former land. No work has been done in the new place. Saroj, on the other hand, who has won two plots, is in no position. No company, no employees are working under him. Rather working in another organization. Many companies want more land to enhance their industries. But nothing is considered.
