Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, Oct 14: Using the corruption plank, BJP on Saturday October 14, attacked Siddaramaiah-led Congress government over Friday’s heavy rainfall that claimed eight lives. .
“Funds amounting to Rs 4,000 crore that the government says had been released for development of roads and drains have leaked,” BJP state president and chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa said.
He was speaking to reporters in city after a day of heavy rainfall in city.
“Instead of focussing on developmental works, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is busy looting the government’s treasury,” Yeddyurappa added.
“There’s also a big storm water drain scam. The city has 850 kilometres of drains of which the government says 325 kilometres encroached. It has sanctioned Rs 800 crore for drain development through 600 works. This is divided into five packages with five contractors. These are blacklisted contractors who have been given 24% more than the actual cost of works,” Yeddyurappa alleged.
Prior to that, BJP leaders including Yeddyurappa, former deputy chief minister R Ashoka and others visited rain-hit areas and distributed Rs 1 lac to the families of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to the injured.
14 people have died so far this monsoon.
The BJP has vowed to expose corruption in the Congress government and has already released two sets of documents indicting Siddaramaiah of denotifying land in Bengaluru.
Siddaramaiah has strongly refuted all the charges.