Did MCD lead Centre up the garden path?
Tribune News Service New Delhi, November 6 The Municipal Corporation of Delhi appears to have taken the Centre for a ride to secure a grant of Rs 100 crore, as it has shown only those roads to be laid, for which it has already given an action plan to the Delhi Government, according to the official records of the state government. The act of the MCD is a breach of trust, said the Delhi Finance Minister, Mr Mahindra Singh Saathi, apparently still smarting under the direct funding of the BJP-dominated MCD. Mr Saathi said that he would soon write to the Union Urban Development Minister, Mr Ananth Kumar, and apprise him of the facts. Scrutiny of the records available with the Delhi Government indicate that 46 roads out of the 68 roads, indicated by the MCD in the memorandum of understanding with the Centre, were the same for which action plan had already been given. The minister said that the action plan was submitted by the MCD to the Delhi Government in September this year. The state gove
