Nagpur: At a act of nepotism, former Nagpur Municipal Corporation transportation committee chairman Narendra Borkar made two of the 2 nieces as ticket checkers from the civic body’s transportation department.
Records with TOI reveal that Apeksha Madhukar Borkar and Mayuri Sudhakar Borkar were made throughout Borkar’s tenure as the transportation committee chairman.
Although Borkar’s analysis ended in March this year, the NMC expanded the duo’s support by six weeks,” said a senior officer from the section.
Borkar stated Apeksha and Mayuri were appointed on merit.
“It had nothing to do with with I’m had been their uncle,” he explained.
Aapli bus program director Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS) needed a particular group of ticket checkers.
However, Borkar made particular posts to use his nieces, mentioning the requirement of particular girls checkers for five women-only buses, department sources said.
The procedure to appoint Borkar’s nieces was initiated later he took control as transportation committee chairman in ancient 2020.
The transportation department then filed a proposal to reconstruct them prior to the transportation committee was held September 29, 2020 through the time Covid-induced lockdown had been in drive along with the bus service wasn’t operational.
Even the Borkar-headed committee okayed the suggestion to reinvent Apeksha and Mayuri on a monthly remuneration of Rs 20,000 for just six months.
The duo combined the transportation division as ticket checkers on November 2, 2020.
Their long-term finished on May 2, 2021, however, it’s been extended until November 2, 2021 using a monthly increase of Rs 3,000.
No more NMc official was supposed to talk about the evolution.
Mature corporator Abha Pande, that lately joined the Nationalist Congress Party, said that the civic body shouldn’t accept ticket checkers since DIMTS had contractual commitments to perform exactly the same.
“Borkar may have given preference to party employees or taxpayers,” she explained.
Said older Congress corporator Praful Gudadhe,”Appointing loved ones is just nothing but nepotism and abuse of power” City BJP president Pravin Datke stated he’s unaware of this problem and”will consider it”.