Former AAP ministers manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain are going through a clean hassle within the alleged Rs 2,000-crore classroom production scam.
The anti-corruption branch (ACB) of delhi Police has registered a corruption case in opposition to the 2 leaders and commenced a comprehensive probe to envision the function of different alleged culprits.
The position of unknown authorities, officials, and contractors is likewise being investigated, stated acb chief Madhur Verma.
Deputy leader minister Mr. Sisodia held the education portfolio within the arvind kejriwal authorities, while Mr. Jain became the minister in charge of PWD (Public Works Branch), the authorities' enterprise that carries out such buildings.
The acb has determined that over 12,000 lecture rooms and school homes have been constructed at an exorbitant value throughout the previous AAP regime, which led to alleged irregularities worth Rs 2,000 crore.
The contracts were awarded to 34 contractors, and most of them had been determined to be associated with the AAP. The development changed into no longer being finished inside the stipulated timeframe, which brought about a large boom in value, the acb said.
The schoolrooms rooms had been built within the shape of a sem-permanent shape (SPS) that could last for 30 years. However, the price turned out to be equal to that of pucca lecture rooms, which have a life of seventy-five years, the anti-corruption probe has revealed.
The value went up similarly due to the fact consultants and designers were employed without following the due system, the acb said.
The probe commenced after a few bjp leaders lodged lawsuits alleging that the cost for constructing schoolrooms had long passed up nearly 5 instances.
A record via the imperative Vigilance fee (CVC) additionally exposed numerous irregularities inside the schoolroom task, but it became suppressed for almost 3 years; the acb brought it.
The file stated that the price of SPS creation reached Rs 2,292, consistent with square toes, almost equal to the cost of building concrete college homes at Rs 2,044-2,416 per square foot. The undertaking's cost increased by Rs 326 crore without bringing in new tenders; it delivered.
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