LUCKNOW Power companies of Uttar Pradesh violated rules in the purchase of transformers with officers arbitrarily giving contracts to ineligible firms for the supply of transformers worth crores. Ignoring the requirement of registration with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), contracts were given to firms that only submitted applications without following norms, pointed out the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) placed in both houses of the legislature on Wednesday.
The report also recommended action against the officers responsible for the purchase of sub-standard transformers.
The CAG report reviewed the procurement of transformers by Madhyanchal, Purvanchal, Dakshinanchal and Pashchimanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam from 2016-17 to 2018-19. During this period, the discoms submitted 146 tenders for the purchase of 3,01,336 distribution transformers worth ₹2,489.71 crore.
