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GHMC guzzles 100 cr through inflated inventory
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Believe it or not, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has been showing exaggerated maintenance costs, some even running into lakhs, for vehicles that are not even in use! For example, the maintenance cost of a Priya Scooter has been recorded as Rs 25,000 per year and a Hero Honda as Rs 1.5 lakh, more than the present market value of the two wheelers.
The civic body has been showing vehicle maintenance costs over four times the price of a new vehicle
Hyderabad: Believe it or not, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has been showing exaggerated maintenance costs, some even running into lakhs, for vehicles that are not even in use! For example, the maintenance cost of a Priya Scooter has been recorded as Rs 25,000 per year and a Hero Honda as Rs 1.5 lakh, more than the present market value of the two wheelers. Overall, the civic body has spent a whopping Rs 530 crore towards maintenance and repairs for a period of five years (2009 to 2015).In response to an RTI filed by the Lok Satta Party, it has come to light that the GHMC has shown expenditure on repairs of vehicles, though most were never incurred in the first place.
Sambi Reddy of Lok Satta Party shared that the GHMC spent about Rs 530 crore between 2009 and 2015 of which fuel expenses were Rs 363.14 crore and Rs 167 crore was for vehicle repairs.
For the 874 vehicles owned by the civic body, 99 are unfit but expenditure towards its repairs has also been submitted. For example, the maintenance cost for a 20 tonne vehicle has been shown as Rs 25 lakh while a new vehicle itself costs Rs 33 lakh. On an average the maintenance cost shown per vehicle is Rs 72 lakh. Likewise Swachh auto trolleys distributed in GHMC limits are registered in the name of private persons with finance. The same vehicles are being shown in two different offices which bear the same number.
The Lok Satta Party alleged that the GHMC has swindled about Rs 100 crore on expenses made on vehicle repairs and fuel in the city limits.“The vigilance and ACB inquiry reveals that 25 autos are shown as tipper trucks, there are no number plates for three vehicles and the maintenance cost of vehicles are so exaggerated that new vehicles could be bought with that amount,” said Sambi Reddy. There are seven vehicles show in two different offices bearing the numbers AP11W3658, AEY6739, AP9T9, AP11X6060, AP11v5323 (KVD), AP29T0091, F/R 23244, he added.
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