No clean chit given to Jalyukt Shivar scheme: Maharashtra govt.

SIT probe still underway into Fadnavis’s flagship water scheme, says Maharashtra govt.

Countering the BJP claims of a ‘clean chit’ being given to the Jalyukt Shivar scheme — a flagship project of the erstwhile Devendra Fadnavis-led government — the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government clarified that investigations by the special investigation team (SIT) into alleged irregularities in the project were still on.

The multi-crore drought-proofing scheme, which was the former Chief Minister’s pet project, had been criticised by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) in its report which was tabled in the State Legislature in September last year.

After a section of the media reported on Wednesday that the MVA had allegedly given ‘a clean chit’ to the project, the administration issued a clarification which said there was no question of the government giving a clean chit to the Jalyukt Shivar project as long as the SIT investigation was still on.