Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone

UNMESH GUJARATHI
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The foundation stone of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Memorial was spent by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the BJP-Shiv Sena Government led by BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis.

However shocking information that no brick has been laid despite spending crores of rupees, has come to the light during the investigation by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Sprouts.

As per the information obtained by RTI activist Nitin Yadav, aegis India was appointed as Consultants in June 2018 and a whopping Rs 94.70 crore were sanctioned towards the consultancy charges.

Besides, the corrupt Larsen & Toubro was awarded Rs 2,581 crore contract for construction work. This amount was revised in December 2018 to Rs 3,643.78 crore without obtaining even the technical feasibility report.

Till now a staggering Rs 2,573.32 crore have been spent without any progress in the work, the Government reply to the RTI query has indicated.

The Sprouts SIT has exposed the corrupt deals of L & T honcho A M Naik even before. Despite this, lucrative contracts are awarded to L & T due to “monetary” connections between Naik and the state government.

Speaking to the Sprouts the Social worker Advocate Dilip Inkar demanded an immediate and in-depth inquiry of this corrupt deal.

The monument dedicated to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, the 17th century Indian warrior king and founder of the Maratha Empire is looked upon as a pride of Maharashtra. The statue of Shivaji Maharaj will be located in the Arabian Sea, near the coast of Mumbai.