BJP-ruled NDMC has strongly refuted AAP allegations of corruption in allotment of sanitation work in its hospitals and ongoing construction of a flyover, and accusing it of "misleading" the people of Delhi.
"Aam Aadmi Party and state government led by it want to mislead the citizen of Delhi by spreading false information about working of the corporation," Leader of House in North Delhi Municipal Corporation said.
The cost and construction period of Rani Jhansi grade separator has "increased" not because of corruption but due to difficulties being faced in land acquisition, relocation, litigation, enhanced compensation and shifting of religious structures, he claimed.
"Construction cost of the grade separator is still Rs 93.84 crore as there is no provision for escalation in it as per the tender document. The main reasons of cost and time overrun of the grade separator is delay in land acquisition for the project which is to be done by the Delhi government," he said.
The cost of exchange of land for the grade separater has increased from Rs 70 crore originally to Rs 524 crore due out of which approximately Rs 111 crore has been paid and Rs 413 crore are still required, Pandey said.
Further, he said that sanitation work in three NDMC hospitals has been assigned to NGO Sulabh International at "very nominal agreed price".
AAP a few days ago had alleged that Kasturba Gandhi Hospital, Hindu Rao Hospital and Rajen Babu TB Hospital under the civic body, had awarded work to a private company worth lakhs of rupees "without opening any tender since 2009".
Tenders were floated for allotment of the work almost every year following 2011 and wide publicity was given but the bids received were double the rates offered by Sulabh every time, Pandey claimed.
