Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)
Mangaluru, Jan 29: At present, all over the country, only 15 paise is being used for actual developmental work out of Rs 100 sanctioned, alleged retired Lokayukta Justice Santhosh Hegde.
Justice Hegde was speaking at a district convention in city on Saturday in the city.
Hegde further said, “When Rajiv Gandhi was the prime minister of India in 1985, there was a saying that only 15 paise is used out of every Re 1 sanctioned for any developmental work. Today the situation has become worse. Only our greed has increased.
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The state and union governments are looting crores of rupees from the treasury in the name of development. What kind of development are we seeing?"
“There is a competition now in India to become rich and affluent. This will create a crisis in society. The disease called gluttony is spreading like wildfire throughout the country. It is really scary to think where all this will end,” Justice Hegde expressed concern.