Bus-ted! Fadnavis Launches Probe into MSRTC's Billion-Rupee Blunder

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ordered a probe into the alleged Rs 1,700 crore scam in the MSRTC bus leasing tender. Fadnavis also told the legislative council that 1,310 work orders for the buses had been issued after the formation of the government without following proper regulation...

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis ordered a probe into the alleged Rs 1,700 crore scam in the MSRTC bus leasing tender. Fadnavis also told the legislative council that 1,310 work orders for the buses had been issued after the formation of the government without following proper regulations. The process of tendering has been put on hold, an inquiry has been ordered under the additional secretary of the Transport Department. Within a month. Fadnavis assured, action. The work orders have been issued through "collusion" with the contractors, he added. The transport portfolio is presently in the hands of Pratap Sarnaik of the Shiv Sena headed by Deputy CM Eknath Shinde. Source: Free Press Journal