- 1,099 Rs. I get the drums of the Xerox machine
- 17,900 Rs. I bought the Municipality
Nagpur. In the name of rate contract in the Municipality, the process of purchasing items at exorbitant rates is going on for years. But not only the people of the city but the entire municipal corporation is unaware of it except the administration. This can be gauged from the fact that after the stationery scam, now the scams in the purchase of other items are getting exposed layer by layer. Referring to the information taken under the Right to Information since the year 2016 till now, Senior Councilor Sandeep Sahare said that in the past, rigging in the purchase and sale of coolers etc. was exposed.
Now again a new scam has been exposed. The loot in the name of purchase in Municipal Corporation is that the drum used in Xerox machine is priced at Rs 1,099 per drum in the market. Whereas the Municipality contracted the rate to Rs 17,900. Bought in. 1,099 Rs. This is the current market price whereas the Municipal Corporation has paid Rs 17,900 in the year 2016. Purchased per drum.
Monkey in 3 companies
- Sahare said that about 95 percent of the items purchased in the rate contract have been wasted in only 3 companies. According to the requirement of different departments, goods are purchased but the entire purchase is done through the General Administration Department only.
- This is the reason that the same department head has to be signed on the payment to the companies. This information has been revealed from the bills of payments made to the companies.
- The surprising thing is that at the time of the rate contract with the companies, the officials have not even checked the market value of the same goods. There have been continuous purchases at hundreds of times higher prices.
- All bills are available under the Right to Information which cannot be denied even by the administration. Even if there is a rate contract with the companies, but no purchase is possible without the consent of the authorities.
There is a complete scam of crores
He said that every month different items are purchased by the Municipal Corporation. Purchased more than 200 items. No one has any doubts about the purchase, for this, the items which were bought in one month, other items are bought in the next month. In this way, the process of buying continues throughout the year.
Bills of lakhs are paid to the companies every month, according to which if the account of the purchase of each item and the figure is added, then the whole scam is in crores. This information has been disclosed by the Municipal Corporation under the Right to Information Act. In such a situation, the Municipal Administration is unaware of the scam, it cannot be believed.
bought like this
Commodities Rate Contract Market Value
Xerox machine toner Rs 2,850 305
Xerox machine drum 17,900 Rs. 1,099
Legal size page 268 Rs. Rs.200
A-4 size page 225 Rs. 162
Landline phones cost Rs 5,900. 499
Carbon paper packet Rs. 299
Punching Machine Big Rs. 1,880 415 Rs.
Office Mail Bag Rs. 940 499 Rs.
Water bottle costs Rs. 699
Cardless Phone Rs 6,800 1,299
Emergency lamp Rs 1,900 Rs.749