Probe kabrastan work: Goa Su-Raj Party

Times of India: Panaji: Friday, March 07, 2014.

Goa Su-Raj Party (GSRP) has demanded an inquiry by the governor's office and the state government into the "discrepancies" in the tender floated and actual cost of the construction work for a retaining wall for a kabrastan at Pajifond, Margao.

Addressing mediapersons, GSRP's Savio Rodrigues said that RTI documents show that while the work was tendered for an amount of 2,08,79,465, the contractor raised a bill of just 1,20,68,631. "This raises a question as to why the job was tendered to the contractor for a higher price, and post the submission of a lower-price of recovery, did the government save 88 lakh or was the money siphoned?" Rodrigues said.

GSRP demanded that the family, from whom the 16,000 sq m land was acquired, be compensated with alternative land immediately.