Trident lights on Kolkata roads kick up storm
September 26, 2012  18:12
The move to beautify Kolkata by installing decorative trident lights on road sides, which courted controversy after opposition parties described it as hurridedly-done without inviting tenders, was on Wednesday raised in the Assembly.

State urban development minister Firhad Hakim said he did not know whether any tender process was gone through in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation area, but in other areas under the Urban Development Department the process was duly followed.

Very recently the KMC top brass removed Goutam Pattanayak as the director-general (electrical) who was under the scanner for an alleged role in the purchase of the trident lights and fixing their rates.

The civic authorities also decided to conduct a departmental probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of these lights. 

Giving details of the scheme, the minister told the Assembly that 54 civic bodies, including the KMC, installed it till August 31 this year, costing about Rs 39.39 crore.
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