NEW DELHI: Hearing a complaint of alleged financial irregularities in the construction of classrooms in schools run by the state government, Delhi Lokayukta on Friday directed the chief secretary to furnish the response of the department concerned after conducting an inquiry.
In 2019, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari had alleged financial irregularities in the construction of 12,782 classrooms in government schools in the city at an expenditure of Rs 2,892 crore. He had complained to the Lokayukta, claiming that the work could have been done with a maximum spending of around Rs 800 crore.
