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Alleging irregularities to the

tune of Rs 4,800 crore in the BJP-led Maharashtra government's

flagship 'Jalyukt Shivar' scheme, Leader of Opposition in

Legislative Assembly Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil Wednesday

demanded an inquiry into the "scam".

He said a panel of water experts should be appointed

and the inquiry should be constituted under the Commissions of

Inquiry Act.

The Congress leader was speaking in the Lower House of

the state Legislature over the debate on drought situation in

the state.

"Of the Rs 8,000 crore spent on the government's

flagship scheme to create water storage in the state, there

were irregularities to the tune of Rs 4,800 crore," he

alleged.

Vikhe Patil said that in the last three years, 5.5

lakh works of Jalyukt Shivar were completed in 16,000

villages.

"Rs 8,000 crore were spent and it was announced that

235 TMC to 250 TMC water was available," he said.

The government has claimed that ground water level has

increased by three metres, but the latest survey report says

ground water table has actually depleted.

Vikhe Patil said Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had

tweeted about Mohkhed village in Buldhana district having

abundant water owing to the Jalyukt Shivar scheme.

"But I visited that village and people there

complained about depleted ground water and said drinking water

had to be supplied by tankers," he said.

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