Team Herald
MARGAO: Taking a serious view of the notice of Shadow Council for Margao (SCM) alleging a multi-crore scam in the waste management system of the Margao Municipal Council, Chief Officer Agnelo Fernandes has put up a note to the concerned engineers and supervisors to confirm in writing that the bills of the two agencies were certified upon the agencies fulfilling all the requirements.
It may be recalled that the SCM on January 11 served upon the Chief Officer and Chairperson of MMC a notice to refrain from making any further payments to the agencies appointed by the council for the waste management, alleging that the bills were inflated and were not commensurate with the services provided by them.
The SCM had also alleged that a whopping amount of over Rs 7.93 crore being paid to the two agencies in spite of not fulfilling the conditions laid down in their work order.
Appreciating the Chief Officer’s attempt to bring out the truth by virtue of the note to the concerned officials, SCM Convenor Savio Coutinho stated that it will be soon revealed how the council treasury was being emptied by this dubious scheme of the previous council, which was incidentally controlled by the same mentors as of today.
“The officials of the council certified the bills only on the basis of the door-to-door waste collection, however the other responsibilities as laid down in the contract were conveniently ignored,” he stated.
The appointment of the agency Bapu Environmental Social Service Organisation in Margao wards is a blatant fraud as no codal procedures were followed, Coutinho stated further.
He added that apart from the irregularities with respect to the duty hours and codal formalities, there are more serious financial offences which we shall raise before the appropriate forum.
