Nagpur. Various scams have come to light in the Municipal Corporation at frequent intervals. For a long time, due to the majority power in the Municipality, the scope of the scam has increased considerably. With this, the Baliraja Party submitted a memorandum to the District Magistrate in the name of the Chief Minister, demanding that such scams be investigated through the SIT. Earlier, a protest was held at Constitution Chowk.
City working president Loknath Bhure said that not only has there been a stationery scam in the Municipal Corporation, but before this, there has been a scam in the cooler purchase scam and also in the maintenance of the garden. Regarding this, the information about the scam was also made public by the councilors, but cognizance was not taken on it. It has probably been overlooked because of the involvement of many people in the scam.
8,000 cooler bought for 59,000
Bhure said that in December itself, the cooler scam of the Municipal Corporation was exposed in which Rs. Cooler of Rs. 59,000 Purchase information was disclosed. Similarly, a cooler of 120 liters capacity will cost Rs 79,000. was bought in, while its value in the market is very less. He said that there are 140 gardens of Municipal Corporation and Pranyas in the city. Recently, Pranyas transferred 23 gardens to the Municipal Corporation. Lakhs of rupees have been spent so far on the preparation and maintenance of these gardens. Despite this, the condition of the gardens is very bad. According to the contractor who was assigned the task to develop 12 gardens last year, children’s play material, green gym etc. were to be installed in the gardens, but out of this, material has been installed in only 5 gardens.
Manpa’s Aapli bus also got scammed
He said that despite the work being incomplete by the contractors, the administration approved the bills, due to which corruption can be estimated. The administration has violated the civil servants law. Similarly, there was a scam in the Aapli bus of the Municipal Corporation. Apart from this, due to the possibility of scams happening in other departments, there should be a fair investigation. He also demanded to inform the party about the investigation to be done by the administration in this context.