Haryana ex-CM Bhupinder Hooda alleges scam in Amrit Sarovar Yojana

A former CM, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, today alleged a scam of hundreds of crores in the Amrit Sarovar Yojana.

“In this scheme started by the Central and state governments for water conservation, irregularities are being seen at every level, as the work that was not even completed on the ground, was shown as complete in the records. Under the scheme, ponds filled with swamp were also declared as Amrit Sarovar,” he claimed.

Hooda said information that had come out through RTI made it clear that the scam ran into crores. “Against the total budget of Rs 25,390.96 lakh released for the scheme, Rs 29,331.81 lakh have been spent, which is Rs 3,940.85 lakh more than the budget. In every district, more money was spent than the released budget and without doing any beautification work, the ponds were declared Amrit Sarovar,” he stated.

Hooda said there should be a high-level investigation into the matter.