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BJP, JDS Smell a Scam in Smart Meter Installation
The New Indian Express Mangaluru
|March 26, 2025
OPPOSITION BJP and JDS on Tuesday alleged a Rs 15,568 crore scam in the Energy Department's smart meters procurement process and demanded that the State Government cancel the tender process.
Speaking to the media in Bengaluru on Tuesday, senior BJP leader and former DyCM Dr CN Ashwath Narayan termed it "daylight robbery".
The BJP leader said that the department violated the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements (KTPP) Act in the tender process and also the Union Government's directives.
He said that the estimated project cost given by the electricity supply companies was Rs 571.52 crore and the actual project cost for all ESCOMS for 10 years is Rs 21,400 crore, he said.
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