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The road running parallel to the railway track near Ayojannagar has been dug up for laying pipelines four months back. It has however not been resurfaced and the buses which were plying on this road now go via Jivraj park and take a turn towards Boot Bhavani. 18 August, 2009.
Ahmedabad: Just two months after Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s vigilance department exposed an Rs 81 lakh pipeline scam involving Dhruvi Buildcon Pvt Ltd, the civic body is moving to reward the same blacklisted-eligible firm.
Proposals worth Rs 3 crore to repair breakdowns and lay drainage pipelines have been submitted to award new contracts to the controversial firm in the upcoming water and sewage committee meeting on July 8.The details of the scam was made public on May 18 after a preliminary vigilance investigation into the construction of new stormwater and drainage pipelines in the East Zone exposed severe irregularities. The probe revealed modifications in measurement books and discrepancies between the actual work on-site and the recorded measurements.
The contractor had lifted pipeline data from a 2024 project by another firm to pocket Rs 76.2 lakh without executing the work.
Fabricated records masked the fraud, and deceptive manhole classifications cost the AMC another Rs 21 lakh. Following the probe, the municipal commissioner suspended four officials, including an additional engineer, and ordered a total recovery of Rs 81.7 lakh.Though the AMC initially announced an embargo on new contracts for Dhruvi Buildcon and Bhagirath Construction, alongside promises to file an FIR and blacklist the firms, no police complaint or official debarment has materialised. Instead, the firm is now positioned to bag fresh municipal work on Wednesday. This sudden reversal raises serious questions about accountability within the civic body’s engineering and contract allocation wings.
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