Initially, no one had a clue as to whose decision it was to install the hundi
– set up at the entrance of the ‘L’ block – when employees had already
donated money equivalent to two days’ basic pay towards a fund for the
construction of the new capital. Some had even parted with their gold
ornaments.
Finally, it turned out that it was the Finance Department’s decision to place two sealed hundis
– one at the Lake View Guest House and the other at the Secretariat –
as visitors calling on the Chief Minister were leaving cash and
valuables towards the capital fund at his office. Keeping track of such
donations was becoming cumbersome and the issue was brought to the
notice of Finance Department officials by the Chief Minister’s Principal
Secretary.
That is when the department directed the Endowments Department to install two hundis so that those visiting the Chief Minister could drop their donations in the container to ensure safe custody of valuables and cash, and to prevent any one from tampering with the contributions
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