A departmental inquiry indicted 63 civic officials including an assistant municipal commissioner in the scam that came to light in 2014. While 15% of the funds were divvied up among BMC officials involved in the scam, the contractor made 30-35% profit. Fifty-six of the 169 BMC officials found complicit in the scam have appealed to the civic body to reconsider their punishment. The civic body suspended 24 officers and an FIR was lodged against 24 contractors. The civic body will soon release a comprehensive report on the irregularities committeed, and is likely to blacklist 32 contractors, said civic officials.

Source: dna July 24, 2019 23:26 UTC