Times of India: Pune: Saturday,
August 13, 2016.
City-based
citizens' group, Parivatran has demanded that the inquiry report regarding
procurement of the benches for installation along the roads should be made
public.
A letter
written by the group to commissioner office of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)
has stated that the rates shown in the official rate contract of the civic
administration are inflated. An additional commissioner of PMC conducted the
inquiry into these allegations and gave a report.
"The
details of this report should be made public. The administration should upload
the report on the official website of PMC, in such manner that it will be
easily visible for citizens," said a statement issued by the group.
A survey
conducted by the group had revealed that out of the 152 elected representatives
in the civic body, as many as 140 used funds for installing benches. Nearly Rs
11 crore were spent on these benches.
As many as 85
corporators installed benches in their respective wards.
The survey
was conducted for preparing a report card of corporators. It studied elected
members on different aspects. Parameters such as ward-level funds, attendance
at the municipal corporation meetings, number of questions asked and criminal
offence records in PMC were included in the survey. All the information was
sought under the Right To Information Act (RTI).
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