D K Shivakumar wants to look at every file before BBMP clears bills

Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar wants to look at every file before the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) clears the pending bills of contractors.

In a letter addressed to Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath, the Bengaluru Development Minister has sought as many as 26 details of every work — ranging from tendering process to quality check — in 15 days.

The six-page letter, seen by DH, follows a demand from a section of MLAs to release payments to contractors as works have been stopped since the new government came to power. Going by his letter, the DyCM wants to first assess the “authenticity” of every work that was approved in the last three years before clearing bills.