The ruling Congress in the BBMP has categorically refuted the charges of the opposition BJP that there were large-scale irregularities in waste disposal.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Mayor B N Manjunatha Reddy and ruling party leader R S Sathyanarayana said the opposition leader Padmanabha Reddy had made it a point to find flaw in every ongoing work.
Padmanabha Reddy had stated that the BBMP was making payment through the Detailed Contingent Bills (DC Bills) when there was no contingency involved in garbage business. He had alleged that the Palike was incurring a loss of Rs 36 crore a month due to the payments through DC Bills.
Sathyanarayana explained that since 2013, the payments are being made through the DC bills in the absence a stable system.
“It is not we (Congress), but the BJP which introduced payment through the DC Bills in 2013. We are continuing it in absence of a stable system,” he said. Mayor Manjunatha Reddy said the charges of corruption in solid waste management were baseless when the payments were being made online.
Published 22 March 2016, 18:34 IST