Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Saturday assured that his government would initiate strict action against the officers accused in the scam which plagued the state following the 2013 floods.
"We will investigate the matter. We have deployed the Chief Secretary's investigation and the evidence that is brought forward will be used to take strict action against all accused persons," Rawat told the media during an event here.
Meanwhile, Uttarakhand's Information Commissioner Anil Kumar Sharma said that the scam looks serious and added that a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry has been recommended to Rawat.
According to reports, during the 2013 disaster in Uttarakhand, when lakhs of people went hungry, officials of the state government were busy utilizing the Rs. 7000 per day allowance given to them for supervising relief efforts.
When the state was struggling for two meals in a day, the officials had a normal day diet of mutton chops, chicken, milk and cottage cheese.
An RTI reply has revealed a scam in the allowance claims made by the officials involved in the rescue and relief works.