Dehradun/Pauri, July 6 -- Even as the Dehradun Nagar Nigam sanitation scam continues to make headlines, another major scam has now come to light in Pauri Garhwal district. This latest fraud, valued at Rs 75 lakhs, involves payment for sanitation services across 15 development blocks and this has been revealed in response to a RTI query. A probe has been ordered and the District Magistrate is personally overseeing the investigation.
The Pauri District Panchayat has once again attracted scrutiny, this time over the misuse of funds earmarked for sanitation. It has been revealed that Rs 75 lakhs, allocated for sanitation and cleaning operations across multiple development blocks, was fraudulently deposited into the bank account of the wife of ...