Tuesday, 29 September 2020 | PNS | Dehradun
After some people levelled allegations against the councillors from Congress party regarding their involvement in the garbage collection tractor-trolley tender fraud in the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD), the leader of the Congress councillors in the corporation, Vijendra Pal denied such allegations. He stressed that if anything is proved in the investigation, the party will take action against such guilty members.
In the last executive committee meeting of MCD, a councillor had stated that some councillors got the tender of tractors and trolleys of the corporation for collecting garbage through a dummy contractor, informed Pal. He said that the contractor has not been doing proper job of collecting garbage from several wards and only about half of the vehicles operate in wards to collect garbage. “The municipal commissioner Vinay Shankar Pandey has already given the directions to investigate the issue and according to him, the investigation report will be out in next few days,” informed Pal.
According to the official sources, the councillors involved in the alleged fraud belong to BJP, though some have also expressed their doubts over the involvement of the councillors of the Congress too. Talking about this, Pal stated that some people have alleged the involvement of Congress councillors but none of the councillors from their side is involved in any fraud in the corporation. “Only the investigation will reveal more about the culprits but we are confident about our councillors in this matter. However, if any member of the party is found guilty in this fraud, the party will take strict action against them,” added Pal.
