NEW DELHI: The CBI has started an investigation into the multi-crore highway development fraud in the World Bank funded Lucknow-Muzaffarpur stretch. The investigation agency on Tuesday sought details from National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in connection with the case.
Sources said CBI swung into action eight months after the department of economic affairs sent a copy of the report sent by the Institutional Integrity Unit of the World Bank to the highways ministry and asked it to probe the case. The World Bank report says private highway contractors gave bribes and gifts to NHAI officials and consultants, besides "sundry cash payments" amounting to Rs 2.23 crore.
The World Bank loan for the project is $620 million. The CBI started the probe on the day MoS for road transport and highways Sarvey Sathyanarayana told Rajya Sabha the ministry had asked NHAI "to verify consequences occurred on the outcome of projects in terms of quality or project completion and take appropriate action as per provisions of agreements with contractors /supervision consultants".
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