Alleging that ₹80 crore has been spent on desilting of drains in Bengaluru over the last two years, Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah sought to know to which location silt had been moved if it was indeed removed.
“Where has the contractor dumped it? Tax payers money has been spent. Money has been siphoned off by showing only documents,” he said on Thursday. “Though there have been enough warnings of heavy rainfall, this real estate government is destroying lives of people,” he told reporters here after visiting rain-hit areas.
“Though the BJP Government announced that ₹1,500 crore will be spent on development of storm water drain and rajakaluves, not a single rupee has been spent or released. Encroachment of rajakaluves has to be addressed too, and the government has discarded the anti-encroachment drive,” he said.
