Lokayukta Officials Conduct Surprise Inspection of Sports Department Hostels

Madikeri, Jul. 23: In the wake of complaints received from the public, a team of Lokayukta officials simultaneously visited the Youth Empowerment and Sports Department office in the district headquarters Madikeri, as well as the sports hostels of Madikeri, Kudige and Ponnampet and conducted a comprehensive inspection.

Following the allegations of irregularities in the sports hostels and hostels, the Deputy Lokayukta had issued a search warrant and instructed the inspection. Accordingly, a team of Lokayukta officials conducted an inspection at three places simultaneously.

The inspection, which began at around 11 am, continued till evening. The officials inspected the administrative records, computer information and various files in the Youth Empowerment and Sports Department office.

The officials visited the Madikeri, Kudige and Ponnampet sports hostels and inspected whether the basic facilities provided to the students, food arrangements, distribution of sports equipment, accommodation arrangements and government facilities were adequate. On this occasion, the necessary information was obtained from the officials and staff concerned and the documents were inspected.

Kudige

A team led by District Lokayukta DySP Dinakar Shetty made a surprise visit to the state's only sports high school in Kudige and conducted a comprehensive inspection for about four hours.

This inspection was conducted on the directions of the Deputy Lokayukta following complaints from the public regarding irregularities in the sports school and hostels.

Lokayukta DySP Dinakar Shetty, who arrived at the school, first inspected the admission documents of the students, the school's financial transactions, administrative documents and files of various departments. He also obtained information related to the recruitment of teachers, duty performance and the school's administrative system.

Later, he visited various classes and interacted with the teachers in charge and students and got information about the academic activities. He also visited the school canteen and checked the quality of the food being served to the students, the menu, and ate the lunch himself and checked the quality.

Later, he visited various departments where sports training is conducted and got information from the coaches about the training system, sports equipment and facilities provided to the students. He completed the inspection by obtaining details related to the functioning of the school administration, headmaster and staff and also the staff.

Madikeri

A team led by Lokayukta Inspector Veena Nayak made a surprise visit to the District Youth Services and Sports Department of Madikeri City and inspected the administrative functions and documents in the office.

The team checked various files including the information in the computer. Also, it visited the sports hostel managed by the sports department and inspected the arrangements there.

During the inspection, the District Youth Services and Sports Department Officer Vismay and the staff obtained information about the functioning of the department, record management and various projects.

Ponnapet

Following a complaint about the lack of basic amenities and chaos in the sports hostels, the Mysore Lokayukta Police made a surprise visit to the Ponnampet Sports Hostel and conducted an inspection. The team led by Inspector Girish of Mysore Lokayukta Station. K. N. inspected all the documents of the hostel. Then they visited the entire premises including the kitchen, sleeping hall, toilet, dining hall and inspected it.

Many shortcomings were found during the inspection. There was uncleanliness everywhere in the hostel. The fans in the sleeping hall had been repaired. There was no proper lighting system for the students. The CCTV camera installed in the hall was not adequate.

Sports equipment has not been distributed to the students in the current academic year. It was learned that students were not even provided with essential items like soap and toothpaste. It was learned that it had been years since sports kits were provided to students. The hostel premises were also not clean.

Inspector Girish learned about the students not being provided with proper basic facilities. He said that a report would be submitted to the Madikeri Lokayukta office regarding all the irregularities in the hostel. Lokayukta staff Veena and Gopi, hostel supervisor Dinesh and staff were present at the time.

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