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Shiv Sena UBT Seeks Audit Of Panvel Immersion Sites
The Panvel Municipal Corporation prepared places for people to immerse Ganesh idols.
These included 77 artificial ponds and 27 natural water bodies.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Leena Arjun Garad says some promised facilities were missing or poorly completed.
She wants officials to inspect every location carefully.
She also wants the inspections recorded on video.
Garad says contractor payments should be stopped until the work is checked.
She has asked for action against contractors or officials if wrongdoing is proven.
The allegations have not yet been independently confirmed, and the civic body has not given its response.
Leena Arjun Garad has sought an immediate audit of all 104 Ganesh immersion sites managed by the Panvel Municipal Corporation.
The sites include 77 artificial ponds and 27 natural water bodies prepared for idol immersion.
Garad alleges that several tender-specified works were incomplete, with some artificial ponds appearing to have only 10% to 20% of the sanctioned work.
She has asked the civic body to withhold contractor payments, conduct site-by-site inspections and record them on video.
The allegations have not been independently verified, and the Panvel Municipal Corporation had not responded when the report was filed.
- Who
- Leena Arjun Garad, a Shiv Sena (UBT) group leader and corporator, has made the request to the Panvel Municipal Corporation.
- What
- She is seeking an audit and physical verification of 104 Ganesh immersion sites, along with possible action over alleged incomplete tender works.
- Where
- At 77 artificial ponds and 27 natural water bodies in the Panvel Municipal Corporation area.
- When
- The request was made before the Ganesh immersion arrangements and contractor payments were finalized; the report does not give a specific date.
- Why
- Garad says the audit is needed to verify whether public funds were matched by the work and facilities specified in the tenders, while protecting safety and environmental standards.
Shiv Sena (UBT) allegations
Civic body position
Completion of tender works
Shiv Sena (UBT) allegations
Leena Arjun Garad alleges that several facilities specified in the tenders were missing or inadequately executed, with visible work at many artificial ponds estimated at only 10% to 20% of the sanctioned amount.
Civic body position
The Panvel Municipal Corporation's response was not available when the report was filed, so it has not publicly addressed the allegations in the article.
Contractor payments
Shiv Sena (UBT) allegations
Garad wants contractor bills withheld until a site-by-site audit and physical verification are completed.
Civic body position
No response from the civic administration on the payment demand was reported.
Accountability
Shiv Sena (UBT) allegations
Garad has sought blacklisting of contractors, recovery of funds and a departmental inquiry against officials if discrepancies are established.
Civic body position
No findings have been issued, and the allegations remain independently unverified.
Key facts
- Authority involved
- Panvel Municipal Corporation
- Artificial immersion sites
- 77
- Natural water bodies
- 27
- Total sites
- 104
- Estimated cost per artificial pond
- Approximately Rs 4.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh
- Estimated overall expenditure
- Approximately Rs 5 crore to Rs 6 crore
- Requested action
- Audit, site verification, video documentation and withholding of contractor payments
Quotes
Leena Arjun Garad
Shiv Sena (UBT) group leader and corporator
“During our inspection, it was prima facie observed that several artificial immersion ponds had only a fraction of the facilities specified in the tender. In almost all of the 77 artificial ponds, the work appears to be worth only around 10% to 20% of the sanctioned amount”
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“The entire process should be documented through video recording so that the actual condition of the sites and the work carried out can be independently verified”
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