
₹90 lakh bonus given to K.P. Park contractor, says Arappor Iyakkam
The Hindu
TNUHDB official says action has been taken against the guilty
Arappor Iyakkam on Monday released documents that showed that a bonus of ₹90.9 lakh was disbursed to the contractor, P.S.T. Engineering Construction, for the construction of 864 tenements of the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Development Board (TNUHDB) at K.P. Park in Pulianthope here that were later found to be of substandard quality. The bonus was 1% of the project cost.
The Chennai-based non-governmental organisation demanded stringent action under the Prevention of Corruption Act against top officials who served in the board for sanctioning bonus for buildings with substandard quality of construction.
The project was executed during the term of the AIADMK government. The bonus was released in August 2020.