Garbage Scam: Revenue dept finds excavation at BVG parking site

Nagpur: The revenue department inspection of parking space of BVG India, one of the door-to-door garbage collection operators, revealed 1,800 cubic metres of land excavated from the parking lot at Bhandewadi.
Following complaints from Shiv Sena city coordinator Nitin Tiwari against the garbage lifting firm that it was mixing mud with garbage to increase weight, the revenue department officials from the Nagpur district collectorate’s revenue officials on Monday measured the dug up land. TOI has reported the allegation on Monday.
Tiwari on Monday brought up the issue of illegal excavation of soil with Nagpur city tehsildar Suryakant Patil, who asked patwari Ajay Chauhan along with divisional officer Sanjay Anawane and talathi Prashant Sahare to inspect the parking space of BVG India near Bhandewadi garbage dumping yard. The team found 1800 cubic metres of land excavated and around 12,133 cubic feet soil removed, stated the panchama report of the revenue official.
The inspection report of the revenue officials clearly reveals illegal excavation of soil and Tiwari said he will be meeting police commissioner Bhushan Kumar Upadhaya and municipal commissioner Tukaram Mundhe on Tuesday to demand an inquiry.
Tiwari had claimed that every day about 150 to 200 brass of mud was being mixed with garbage. “It caused financial loss of Rs 1950 per metric tonne for the civic body which comes to around Rs 15 lakh,” Tiwari claimed.
Following complaints by Shiv Sena, NMC’s deputy municipal commissioner (solid waste management) department Dr Pradip Dasarwar on Monday issued a show cause notice BVG India, the contractor asked him to submit a reply on allegations leveled by Tiwari in 48 hours.