CHANDIGARH, Nov 12: Former city Mayor Gian Chand Gupta, in a letter to Municipal Commissioner M.P. Singh, has sought the handing over of the investigation into the purchase of bitumen made during the year 1997-98 to the CBI.He also informed the Commissioner that the House of the Corporation was assured in August to complete the inquiry within a month, but no concrete step has so far been taken in this regard.
Quoting the auditor's report, Gupta said the norms prescribed for the consumption of bitumen on maintenance of road and original road works had not been followed. Even norms for the consumption of wood were violated, he said.
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