Bhubneshwar, July 2: The Odisha government has transferred Rashmita Panda, District Collector of Sundargarh, who was accused of spending ?70 lakh on the renovation of her official residential quarters within a period of six months.
Ms. Panda has now been appointed as Director of Employment-cum-Chief Executive Officer of the Odisha Skill Development Authority.
Reportedly, 2010 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, as the then Vice-Chairperson of the Rourkela Development Authority, Commissioner of the Rourkela Municipal Corporation and CEO of the Rourkela Smart City Authority had her official quarters renovated by spending ?68.57 lakh.
No tender was reportedly called for renovation of her quarters in Rourkela, and the project cost of each head of expenditure was deliberately kept below ?5 lakh to avoid the tender process.
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