Hemant Nimbalkar, the chairperson of the tender inviting/scrutiny authority for the Bengaluru Safe City Project addresses the media in Bengaluru on Sunday. (Express photo)The continuing blame game between two Karnataka IPS officers has delayed government action on the tendering process for the ‘Nirbhaya Safe City’ Bengaluru project, which is worth in excess of Rs 600 crore. He also requested an inquiry, which resulted in the government appointing Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Kamal Pant as the investigating officer to look into the ‘illegal interference’ in the process. Raising the demand to “remove Nimbalkar from Safe City project and conduct an inquiry on the biased and unfair tender”, she sought government protection for being a whistle-blower. “Call-III of the tender for Safe City Project is in process in an absolutely transparent manner,” he said.

Source: Indian Express December 27, 2020 16:12 UTC