Councillor to approach ED over LED light scam

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, October 15

Congress Councillor Rohan Sehgal held a press conference today and said he would approach and take up the matter with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) regarding the alleged scam of Rs 264 crore.

He alleged that the company had taken a loan against Rs 274 crore from the banks. In August this year, Municipal Corporation (MC) councillor Rohan Sehgal had informed Local Bodies Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu regarding the alleged loopholes in the MC’s ambitious project. He accused the company, executing the project, of not only using low-voltage lights, but also accumulating more money by presenting wrong figures.

Sehgal said when the contract was made in 2016, the company had mentioned that after removing the incandescent light bulbs of 150 watt, 60-watt LED bulbs would be installed. However, in almost every street, the company had installed 18-watt bulbs.

Sehgal said he would not stop till the whole scam got exposed.