Mumbai: BJP on Friday alleged that BMC reduced the period of blacklist from seven years to three years a half a dozen road contractors charged in the 2016 road fraud road work worth 2,200 crore.
TimesViewThe Road Scam is one of the biggest fraud in BMC where contractors and citizenship officials are imprisoned.
Then Chief Civic Ajoy Mehta was spicy in his observations about the scandal and stated that the six third party contractors and auditors failed in duty and involved in captivating irregularities.
Given the severity of the scam, the BMC step to reduce the period of the blacklist for a concerned contractor and signaled corruption.
BMC must limit these contractors from the offer on the tender for new road work.
“Road contractors are found guilty in fraud Rs 975 Crore Road.
They have been on the blacklist for seven years.
For seven years, they cannot bid up the tender in BMC.
The blacklist period for two was reduced to three years in 2019, and other contractors were given Clean chits, “said BJP Mla Mihir Kotecha.
Kotecha shared orders on October 22 signed by the Director (Engineering & Projects) Babasaheb Salve.
Kotecha said the ointment signed an order 10 days before retiring this month.
Orders stated the blacklist period for three years, starting March 23, 2017.
“This is done on the orders of the Cabinet and Cousin ministers.
BMC has given a clean chit to the contractor and reduces the blacklist period to three years so they can bid on the current road tender.
Register Black for three years began in March 2017 and ended in March 2020, so the command issued in October 2021 clearly showed a big kickback trace, “Kotecha said.
After fraud, six contractors are blacklists for seven years.
It was up to 2016, when the Mayor of Snehal Amekkar accused the malpractice in the work of the road repair in a secret letter then the city commissioner of Ajoy Mehta.
While the probe was carried out by Deputy Commissioner of Vasant Prabhu and S O Kori, Head of Engineer (Bridge), was led by the Supplementary City Commissioner Sanjay Deshmukh.
Sitting was formed to investigate fraud.
Street work officials are ordered to cheat and forgery, and arrested.
Senior civilian officials, Ashok Pawar (Chief Engineer, Building & Maintenance) and Uday Murudkar (Chief Engineer, Waspada), were suspended and then arrested for involvement.
“Orders were issued in the capacity of quasi-judicials.
Apparently, the company has been blacklisted for almost six years now.
There are no actions or norms provided for six or seven years blacklist.
There is a strong HC precedent and Case SC.
The central procurement manual is not Provides more than two years of blacklist.
Orders by Logical and Right Director, “said P Velatu, an additional Municipal commissioner.