Aaditya Thackeray slams CM Shinde over Mumbai's road work 'corruption', terrible air quality
The Hindu
Four contractors who are yet to start cement concretisation work on Mumbai’s roads must be blacklisted and probed, Aaditya Thackeray said
Four contractors who are yet to start cement concretisation work on Mumbai's roads must be blacklisted and probed, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader and former Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray said on Thursday.
He alleged Chief Minister Ekanth Shinde was initially hesitant to sign the termination order of Rs 1600-crore road cement concretisation work given to a contractor but did so late at night.
"For the last 11 months, I have been saying this work is a scam," the MLA from Worli in Mumbai said.
The contract given to five entities was "bogus tendering" on which he had spoken in the past, Mr. Thackeray said, adding "it is an open and shut case of corruption".
The Shinde government had forgotten to give bonus to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and civic-run Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport undertaking staffers but announced bonus of ₹26,000 just six to seven hours after he put out a message on social media, Mr. Thackeray claimed.
Attacking the government for the deteriorating air quality in the metropolis, Mr. Thackeray alleged every move of the Shinde government was "contractor driven", which may benefit the CM but not the citizens.
The state government must show strength to act against builders who are violating air pollution norms, Thackeray said.