HC notice to Ajit Pawar, party MLC, in irrigation scam

October 21, 2016 17:31

The Bombay high court has issued notices to Maharashtra's former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and NCP MLC from Yavatmal, Sandip Bajoriya, in a PIL alleging irregularities in irrigation projects in the state's Buldhana and Amravati districts.

A Nagpur bench of Justices Bhushan Dharmadhikari and Atul Chandurkar yesterday directed them to reply before November 25, the next date of hearing in the case.

The petitioner, Atul Jagtap, alleged that contracts for completing the Jigaon and Lower Pedhi projects, in Buldhana and Amravati respectively, were awarded to the MLC's Bajoriya Construction Company at the behest of Pawar during the earlier Congress-NCP rule.

Jagtap filed an application seeking to add Pawar, who was then state irrigation minister, and Bajoriya, as respondents.

The cost of the Jigaon project rose to Rs 5,700 crore from Rs 394 crore in 15 years. The cost is expected to further cross Rs 7,000 crore by the project's deadline in 2019.

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