Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) district convener Sanjay Bhatt alleged that State Government has failed to implement Uttarakhand Procurement Rules, 2008 which resulted in irregularities and huge corruption in the allocation of tenders in the Public Works Department in the State.
There were major irregularities and corruption in the tender process during the tenure of the previous BJP State government and current Congress ruling Government in the State. Due to this corruption the Government had lost revenue of around `1,650 crore, he added.
He also demanded implementation of the Uttarakhand lokayukta Act approved by the President of India in the State.
Bhatt warned, “We will hold protest outside Uttarakhand PWD headquarter if our demands are not met soon. We have collected all this information through Right to Information Act from the department."
Bhatt alleged that PWD chief engineer lalit Mohan was involved in this tender scam and State Government had lost revenue of around `1,650 crore from this scam. This amount includes irregularities and huge corruption occurred in the tender process during Kumbh Mela in the State.
He alleged that all the Uttarakhand PWD engineers including chief engineer, executive engineers, junior engineers and assistant engineers were involved in audit of above tendering and passing it in the committee.
The AAP convener demanded action against the accused for which he has written a letter to the Uttarakhand lokayukta, High Court Chief Justice, Uttarakhand Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary PWD and state PWD chief.