AGARTALA, July 26 (TIWN): PCCF Sanatan Talukdar has given a shape to this massive loot of Rs 10.52 crores from this Jatropha cultivation under Forest Department and Forest Minister Naresh Jamatia is still in slumber and reluctant to take any action against Talukdar. Lokayukta Justice P.K.Sarkar issued an order on July 18,2016 against 3 culprits PCCF Sanatan Talukdar, CCF Debashis Chakraborty, Accounts Officer Amalendu Debbarma for embezzlement of multi-crore Forest Dept funds. Justice P.K.Sarkar ordered full-fledged investigation against 3 corrupt officials according to the provision of Section 7 of the Tripura Lokayukta Act, 2008. Since Tripura has a climate favourable for rubber and jatropha cultivation, the state had made its presence felt in the both the agro-based products, but it is seen that though the central government has sanctioned a total of 7.52 crore but there is no glimpse of any Jatropha cultivation in the state. The profitability of jatropha plantation is in four states of North-East India, which includes Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland and Tripura.

 It is to be mentioned here that with the aim to develop the Jatropha cultivation in the state the central government has sanctioned an amount of Rs 7.52crore but till date there is no report of any Jatropha cultivation in the state and no one knows where such a huge amount of money has disappeared.

Now question arise where has the rest of the money gone and till date there has been no investigation regarding the huge amount of money sanctioned by the central government. Earlier, the CAG demanded for the reports of Jatropha cultivation, from the state forest dept. 

On the one hand the state forest department has claimed that the state government has spent has spent a total of 5.27 crore is spent for Jatropha cultivation in 4,137.02 hector of land but allegedly nowhere in the premises of the state there is any glimpse of Jatropha cultivation.