Initial inquiries made by the government suggested that Rs 455 crore were withdrawn from the bank for construction of 206 kms of road on NH 57 connecting Delhi-Saharanpur to Yamnotri.
Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh on Monday recommended a CBI probe into a Rs 455-crore scam in UP State Highway Authority during Mayawati regime.
Initial inquiries made by the government suggested that Rs 455 crore were withdrawn from the bank for construction of 206 kms of road on NH 57 connecting Delhi-Saharanpur to Yamnotri. The contract for the construction of four-lane road was awarded to M/S SEW-SSY Highways Pvt Ltd in 2011 by the Mayawati government.
The total cost of the project was about Rs 1,700 crore. It was to be completed in three years.
"Nothing was done on the ground on planned route of 206 kms. The company allegedly constructed the four-lane road on papers only. The company withdrew Rs 455.58 crore from 14 banks. During the review of the work, it was found that only 13 per cent work was done," said PWD Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
The company had spent only Rs 150 crore but withdrew Rs 455.48 crore, faking construction work on papers. On the directions of the minister, an FIR has been lodged at the Gomtinagar Police Station against four officials of the company and 18 others, including bank officers.
The FIR said that bank officers and staff were also involved in withdrawal of money. Country's top banks are allegedly involved in the scam. They included State Bank of India, Punjab and Sindh Bank, ICCI, Corporation Bank, Union Bank of India and State Bank of Hyderabad etc.
On the recommendation of the PWD minister, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath recommended a CBI probe. The government is likely to recommend yet another CBI probe into Rs 1,513 crore Gomti Riverfront Beautification Project. The commission holding the initial probe has found former Chief Secretary Alok Ranjan, then Principal Secretary Irrigation Deepak Singhal and about a dozen senior engineers guilty in inflating project cost and siphoning government funds.
Earlier, the Yogi government had recommended a CBI probe into mysterious death of 2007 batch Karanataka Cadre IAS officer Anurag Tiwari on May 22.
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