Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari has urged the lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal to order a high level probe into drain de-silting scam under Public Works Department (PWD).
Tiwari has said that soon a delegation of the Delhi BJP will meet the l-G to apprise him of a major scam in de-silting work of drains under PWD with full knowledge and connivance of the concerned Minister Satyender Jain. “We feel that in road beautification like projects there is a huge possibility that in de-silting work too bogus work bills are being passed,” he added.
Tiwari has said that there are over 1,010 major drains under PWD but till date hardly 85 have been fully de-silted while there are reports of over 250 drains of not even being touched and just ceremonial cleaning work being done at around 700 drains.
“Contrary to this the cash starved three civic bodies have tried to work beyond their targets. All the three civic bodies have worked on almost all small 680 drains under them and their silt removal work exceeds the set targets,” he said further.
