Smart City project: Action will be taken against contractors, says CM Stalin
The Hindu
The TN CM alleged that the implementation of the project during the AIADMK government was botched; a Commission of Inquiry to be set up after the rains
Alleging botched implementation of the Smart City project during the erstwhile AIADMK government, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday said that a Commission of Inquiry would be constituted and action would be taken against contractors who implemented the project.
Speaking to reporters, after visiting some rain-affected and inundated areas in Chennai, Mr. Stalin said: “..in the name of implementing the Smart City project, several crores of rupees from the Central government were received. We don't know what they did with it [the funds for implementing the scheme]. Only after this [rains] is over, a Commission of inquiry will be constituted.”
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