Toll tax ‘scam’ caused Rs 6,000 crore loss: AAP; Municipal Corporation of Delhi says claims baseless
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday alleged that a toll tax “scam” in Municipal Corporation of Delhi had caused a loss of around Rs 6,000 crore.
“In 2017, BJP gave the tender to collect toll tax to MEP Infrastructure Development Ltd. for a fee of Rs 12 hundred crore annually. The company submitted the fee for the first year and afterwards, it stopped paying the money. From second year onwards, they used to pay 10-20% of the total amount due. However, MCD did not take any action against this company,” claimed MLA Durgesh Pathak.
MCD, however, termed the allegations as “false” and “baseless”. “It is clarified by MCD that in 2017, the contract was awarded to the company for payment of Rs 1,206 crore per annum for a period of five years.
