Patole alleges graft in 2,368cr waste project bidding
Patole said that two companies were kept out of the tendering process to favour a specific bidder. He said that while hundreds of acres of land were given to Adani in Dharavi for the Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP), the BMC was compelled to spend Rs 2,368 crore on clearing the Deonar dumping ground for Adani to shift ineligible Dharavi residents to Deonar on a rental basis.
Patole raised the issue through a point of propriety in the Legislative Assembly, claiming cabinet-level conflicts over the project and requesting clarification from chief minister Devendra Fadnavis.
The project is being executed by the BMC's Solid Waste Management (SWM) department.
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"In Dharavi, 311 acres of land is being given to Adani, but the BMC is going to clean up the Deonar dumping ground for Adani. The BMC is already on the way to bankruptcy, but it is spending Rs 2,368 crore for Adani. 50,000 ineligible residents of Dharavi are going to be shifted to Deonar on rent. Earlier, it was said they would be shifted to Malad, but now they are being shifted to a dumping ground.
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The BMC is going to impose a garbage collection fee on Mumbaikars to make up for this spending.
This is nothing but a loot of Mumbaikars and the people of the state," Patole said.
The BMC floated tenders for the waste remediation project in May. The scope of the project includes the bioremediation of 185 lakh tonnes of legacy waste, along with the disposal of excavated, processed, and segregated material. It also covers the reclamation of about 110 hectares of land at the Deonar site.
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