Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has forwarded a proposal to probe alleged irregularities in the procurement of 1,000 low-floor buses by the Delhi government in 2019 and 2020 to the Central Bureau of Investigation, ANI reported on Sunday.
A complaint alleging irregularities in the procurement of the buses was received by the Lieutenant Governor’s office in July. It alleged corruption and irregularity in the appointment of the Delhi transport minister as chairman of the committee related to tendering and purchase of buses.
The complaint also alleged that the appointment of DIMTS – Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System – as the bid management consultant for this tender was done with an aim to “facilitate wrongdoing”, reported The Indian Express.
In July, the complaint was forwarded by the Lieutenant Governor to the Chief Secretary of Delhi Naresh Kumar for comments, who subsequently alleged serious discrepancies in the tender process.
“There is a gross violation of CVC [Central Vigilance Commission] guidelines and general financial rules,” the report by the chief secretary said, according to NDTV.
The tender for the purchase of buses was cancelled last year following the complaint.
The CBI is already conducting a preliminary inquiry into the annual maintainable contracts of the procurement of the buses. Saxena had now approved the clubbing of this complaint with the…
