Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyal ‘Gama’ has asked the leader of opposition in the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) to probe the allegations against the officials of the corporation involved in the alleged scam of the procurement of sanitiser spray. Recently, some media outlets alleged that MCD officials had bought disinfectant at higher rates during the lockdown. Though the senior officials of the corporation have refuted the allegations repeatedly, the leader of opposition in MCD, Bijendra Pal Singh along with some councillors and Congress party members staged a protest in the MCD premises against the issue. They stated that they want a probe in this matter so that everyone can know the truth. “The MCD officials are consistently saying that they did the best work during the lockdown in sanitising the city which we are not questioning. Our point is that the public deserves to know the real issue that caused the corporation to buy sanitiser at such high prices,” said Singh
However, the mayor stated that the allegations are baseless and the opposition is just adding fuel to the fire. He asked Singh to form an investigation committee with the members of his choice to probe the issue. “The opposition would not be satisfied with our investigation so I have asked them to form a committee to investigate this matter. I have asked the leader of opposition to provide the list of all the members of the committee so that a written order can be issued by us. We have everything that proves that nothing wrong has been done by any MCD official in the procurement of the sanitiser,” stated ‘Gama’. The municipal commissioner, Vinay Shankar Pandey also asserted that the corporation has the right to make emergency purchases under certain acts by the government which was done during the lockdown too. Moreover, the members of Safai Mazdoor Sangh also staged a protest in the corporation against the media outlets that alleged the scam in MCD, stating that it was an insult to the sanitation workers who worked day and night during the lockdown.
Saturday, 27 March 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
