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Government asks ACB to probe garbage scam

Last Updated 24 September 2017, 20:56 IST

The Urban Development Department (UDD) has asked the Anti-Corruption Bureau to probe the financial scam by BBMP garbage contractors, in the name of 6,600 fictitious pourakarmikas.

The contractors are said to have cheated the Palike of Rs 934 crore for paying employees, who exist only on paper.

According to the UDD, 83 contractors had cheated the civic body of Rs 550 crore for paying salaries to the fictitious pourakarmikas. These contractors had also not remitted provident fund and ESI contributions, which come to Rs 384 crore.

A survey conducted by the State Safai Karmachari Commission found that there were only 12,400 pourakarmikas as against 19,000 shown by the garbage contractors.


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(Published 24 September 2017, 20:56 IST)

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