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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