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High-end resorts, hotels thriving in Landour cantonment area

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By ABHINANDAN MISHRA | New Delhi | 6 May, 2017 – Sunday Guardian
Manohar Parrikar had ordered a probe, but with a change of guard in defence ministry, things have stalled.

The Institute of Technology Management, DRDO at Landour cantonment

Private resorts and hotels in Landour cantonment, Mussoorie, continue to function even though former defence minister Manohar Parrikar had ordered a probe, nearly nine months ago, to find out how they were allowed to come up in the high security sensitive zone.

Mussoorie based officials accused that the defence ministry was trying to “cover up” the matter to save the skin of “influential people” involved in the business.

The matter had first come to light in July last year when the estate officer of Institute of Technology Management (ITM), which is a Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) laboratory, wrote to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and then to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), seeking inquiry into how high-end resorts and hotels were functioning in the cantonment area when no such permission was given by the government departments concerned.

Following the uproar, Parrikar had ordered a probe. But the “probe” seems to have “died down” with a change of guard in the ministry.

“Nothing has happened in that matter. Only initially, once, a senior official had come in the last week of July to look into the matter. The resorts and hotels, without having valid permission to run, continue to function without any hindrance despite the fact that they are situated in a cantonment area. Many foreign nationals are running these resorts, so you can understand how much of a security threat is involved. It is very shameful that the MoD has chosen to ignore this issue and has taken it so casually,” a senior official associated with the DRDO said.

As per a 12 May 2016 letter, which has been accessed by this newspaper, the Landour Cantonment Board had not given any licenses to any persons or firms to run guest houses in the cantonment area.

According to officials, neither the CBI, nor the CVC nor the MoD had so far even interacted with the public servants who are aware of how the resorts and hotels were illegally constructed.

“I do not know what kind of probe they are doing. Even if they are not serious about the probe and just want to do a formality, they should have at least called those people who are aware of the matter and spoken to them before giving a clean chit to the owners of those hotels and resorts which are running illegally. These resorts could not have come-up without the complicity of hoteliers and MoD officials and hence no one wants to take the probe further,” another senior official of DRDO stated.

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Christopher visit to DMSRDE for sweeping the Saxena’s corruption dirt or covering the dirt?

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DRDO very well know about the neck deep corruption dump of dirt. Dr A K Saxena is still safe because he involved lot of scientists and official of DRDO & CDA in his corruption game. Although some scientists involved in dirty game because of DRDO promotion policy, some were wrap unknowingly only for signature requirement.

So to explain his corruption practice in detail is not so important but the helplessness of DRDO top authorities is more important. Now days in the Modi era the top DRDO official are not enjoying cream like their predecessor enjoyed free unaccounted budget.

Christopher work is to sweep or cover their corruption cases, although some wiser ones are leaving DRDO before catch.  But in one case last date before leaving DRDO great scientist cleared 35 crs file, it seems same was the pension perks. There is no time to spent even sanctioned budget. Most of labs are in no project state they are passing their time in buildup and maintenance. Directors of lab are surviving on construction and todu aur phir banao mode. Since last three years DRDO not having any achievement in which they ask PM to come and see.

See the budget

Year Allocation of funds
(Rs. in crore)
2014-15 13716.14
2015-16 13540.11
2016-17 13501.00

2017-18  ?

Nirbhay is still in soup after four failures but without fixing the problem again pushing to lit poor tax payers money.

In parliament questions DRDO successfully following the tradition that not to reply or mislead the honorable parliament. see the records never replied with honor that yes we achieved this and next day front page news come in all news papers.

It is high time to reorganize DRDO labs as Lieutenant General DB Shekatkar (Retired) in his report “Shut down Laboratories and Overhaul the DRDO, Expert Committee Tells Defence Ministry”

The DMSRDE is fit case for that to attach this lab to CSIR and definitely then KANPUR lab will contribute their best to nation and help Modi ji for his make in India mission.

The DRDO Vigilance always headed by top chamchas because they never apply their mind only look for node from earlier SA office now they have plenty bosses. Ones Christopher tried to put honest man AVM Reddy but then DOP and others paralyzed him and he quit the DRDO.

So corruption’s roots are very deep in DRDO, MODI & YOGI also cannot uproot corruption of DRDO.

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Fresh Proof of bogus claims of Hi-Fi Bio toilet by Dr. Lokendra Singh

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As Dr Lokendra Singh, Master manipulator of DRDE who is fooling around Govt. and public at will in the name of Bio toilets going to retire a month a fresh proof of his Farzi Invention has emerged. Many scientists of DRDE pressed red button about genuinely of Gobar Toilets every now and then, even one of the scientist approached CVC about blowing out of proportion about very basic technique of bio gas production using cow dung and selling it to unsuspected Govt and public with investment of 1000s crores of public money (vide complaint no 16653/2014/Vigilance 9 dated 24/07/2014 & 27168/2014/Vigilance 7 dated 11/09/2014).

As per the recent article in NDTV an Engineer from Akola making biotoilets since a decade by using bacteria from cow dung and successfully installed 100s of such toilets in Maharashtra by just charging and recharging septic tank with bacteria from Fresh Cow dung. As per the website of this engineer each bio toilet is costing Rs 6000 only of which actual cost is going for constructing toilet structure but not to any microbial technology (story “With Low Cost And Smart Bio-Toilets An Engineer Brings Change To Rural Maharashtra” By: Anisha Bhatia  | April 27, 2017 (http://bit.ly/2p976Gn)). Arvind Dethe, the engineer developed bio-toilets or smart toilets that would cost only Rs. 6,000, using anaerobic bacteria but he never visited Maitri, Antarctica, who is not even a biologist, can the Govt ask this gentleman to fix the bio –toilet for public and railways or ask him teach the simple technique of bio toilet making to citizens enmass instead of simply allowing few companies under patronage of Dr. Lokendra Singh to eat public money.

In the complaint of senior Scientist of DRDE, the same point was mentioned in CVC complaint by DRDO scientist but none of his pleas were heard under mysterious circumstances instead he was shunted out and others such scientists are being harassed.  Dr Lokendra Singh’s fictitious invention was being advertised by  DRDO wasting crores of rupees in full page ad in all national papers. Time and again voice of concern was raised in various news papers but Govt is unfazed to prevent this huge magnitude of corruption in the name of science and technology. DRDO brazenly bluffed in the parliament about these so called toilets against question asked by one of the honorable Member of Parliament (UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2498 asked by Honorable MP Shri Amar Shankar Sable Regarding unpleasant smell, using of cow dung in Bio toilets developed by DRDO)

DRDO dedicated (Lokarpan) these toilets two times and fooled the country. The game is still on and Ministry of Railway putting Bio-Toilet every year beside the complaints of foul smell (By Rajendra B Aklekar, Mumbai Mirror | May 5, 2015, http://bit.ly/2pENOdw). DRDO Bio-Toilets raise a stinks – By Hemant Kumar Rout Published: 13th August 2016 – The New Indian Express (http://bit.ly/2oRxr9p)    No hygienic study was done before finalizing the installment.

Some of news coverage on these Bio toilets includes

  1. Here’s a novel idea to provide stench-free rides in trains. ANIL KUMAR SASTRY – MANGALURU, May 11, 2015 – The Hindu (http://bit.ly/2pEOGyt)
  2. Toilet truth hits drive OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT – The Telegraph, New Delhi, Sept. 3, 2014 (http://bit.ly/2prIklc)
  3. Bio-toilets Fail to Flush out Open Defecation in Bhadrak By Express News Service Published: 23rd August 2014 (http://bit.ly/2oRvmKg)
  4.  Bacteria from Antarctica or cow dung? DRDO’s bio-toilet claim questionedBy ABHINANDAN MISHRA | New Delhi | 21 August, 2016 -The Sunday Guardian (http://bit.ly/2pEViNy)
  5.  Jairam Ramesh’s pet project ‘Bio-toilet’ stands abandoned in OdishaBy Hemant Kumar Rout – BALASORE/BHADRAK Published: 14th August 2012 (http://bit.ly/2p9uaET)

Honorable PM Modi ji requested to please put DRDO in your corruption free agenda in priority because every minute DRDO corrupt officials sitting in TOP pulling country down in defence technology race and interestingly this agenda maintain after retirement by sitting either government posts or with private organization, their sole aim to mint money till death.

It is high time for Hon. Prime Minister to set right things in DRDO and call for an independent enquiry into these bio toilets and order investigation into CVC complaint and take action against the perpetrators of the fraud.

Jai Hind

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RTI DRDO Regarding Two Year Appointment policy

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To                                                                                                               27th April 2017

Dr. RB Sharma, CPIO,

DRDO HQ, Min. of Defence,

DRDO Bhawan, Rajaji Marg,

New Delhi-110011

Hello,

Kindly provide me with the following information requested under the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 in respect appointment of Directors, DG, etc in DRDO. It is observed that suddenly since 25 June 2015 appointment order of Dr. Sudhir Kamath, Sc G as Director, MTRDC for tenure of 2 years w.e.f. 1 July 2015. After words all appointment of Directors, CC, DG, etc orders were mentioned that the appointment are initial for two years.

  1. Provide a certified copy of the policy / documents related to appointment for two years for Directors, DG, etc.

Regards
Prabhu Dandriyal
21-Sunderwala, Raipur
Phone 0135- 2787750, Mobile- 9411114879
e-mail id prabhudoon@gmail.com website www.corruptionindrdo.com

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Shut Down Laboratories And Overhaul The DRDO, Expert Committee Tells Defence Ministry

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All non-core research activity of the DRDO must stop.
Sudhi Ranjan Sen Deputy Editor (News)  The Huffington Post 14/03/2017 3:40 PM IST

HINDUSTAN TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES The Arjun tank stationed on the Parliament House premises for an exhibition in August 2016 in New Delhi, India.

India’s premier defence research organisation, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), needs a major overhaul, some its research laboratories closed and the organisation needs to concentrate only on development of defence platforms, a high-level committee appointed by the Ministry of Defence has said in its report.

In the last five years, DRDO has been getting between ₹6,000-₹8,000 crore annually for defence research — roughly 6% of the defence budget.

The DRDO was set up in 1958 to achieve self-reliance in manufacturing weapon systems to equip the armed forces. It has over 33,000 personnel, which includes nearly 8,000 scientists, 13,000 technicians, and 52 laboratories. Its area of research is wide and encompasses everything, from juices to nuclear missiles.

Former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had constituted the committee led by Lieutenant General DB Shekatkar (Retired) in May 2016 to suggest ways to enhance the combat capabilities of India. The panel submitted its 550-page report to the government recently.

Top sources told HuffPost India the committee has said as many as 11 laboratories of the DRDO need to closed down or amalgamated and its “non-crore” research activities stopped. The committee also said that DRDO needs to work with “clearly defined” objectives to develop “weapon systems and platforms”.
Instead of the DRDO deciding on areas and focus of research, the committee has recommended setting up of a “Technology Commission”, headed by the defence minister, with representatives from the armed forces. The commission should formulate research and development policy and even set specific deadlines for research.

The committee feels that end-users — the three services — must be consulted on areas of research and development of weapon systems. To break the red-tape in the DRDO, the committee has suggested that DRDO scientists be given incentives for successful completion of projects.

Suggesting further reforms, the DB Shekatkar Committee has also said that Ordnance Factory Boards (OFB) — which produce bulk of the ammunition and weapons used by the forces — should consult the armed forces when inducting new technology or material. It has pointed to the fact that OFB, which produce rifles, wasn’t aware of the exact weight of the guns it was producing.

Interestingly, the committee has said that OFB needs to include private companies and has suggested using private-public partnerships to speed up production, ensure better quality and cut down delays.

This isn’t the first time an overhaul of the DRDO has been recommended. Questions have been frequently raised about the delays and cost over-runs in DRDO projects.

In a 2015 report, the Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) had pointed out that audit examination of 14 mission mode projects, carried out by DRDO laboratories, “revealed that all projects failed to achieve their timelines and the probable date of completion (PDC) was extended many a times”.

These mission mode projects include the crucial S-band surveillance system ‘Rohini’ radars, secure video and fax communication between airborne platforms and ground station ‘Meghdoot’ and electronic warfare suit for the modified MIG-29 fighters.

The delays, the CAG pointed out, “were mainly due to inadequate monitoring”.

 

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