Vijay Kumbhar, State unit vice chairman of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), voiced a number of objections to the medical schooling spending, declaring how the administration had floated tenders above anticipated prices for numerous actions in latest months.

“The Medical Education Department floated three tenders between July and November 2023,” Kumbhar instructed the press.

“These are for Ratnagiri and Kolhapur Medical Colleges, and the quoted rates for the development are exorbitant. Even the toilet size is represented to be unusually large, which is not conceivable. The rates are fabricated and are 11 to 71 per cent higher than the expected cost,” he continued.

Kumbhar mentioned, “While floating the tender for Ratnagiri College, the rates were ₹4 per metre for constructed areas, ₹2 per square metre for toilets, and ₹1 per open spaces. But the same department had called the tender for Kolhapur College where rates are quoted at ₹42 for the constructed area, ₹2 per meter for open areas, and ₹71 for toilets. It shows that the rates are fabricated at various locations.”

The Health Department has floated these tenders for a mixed value of ₹5.82 crore, whereas as per the AAP celebration’s calculations, the anticipated bills on the bottom had been ₹79.66 lakh. It reveals that the administration inflated the tender value and brought on losses to the federal government.

Despite our a number of makes an attempt, State Health Minister Tanaji Sawant remained unavailable for touch upon the problem.

Kumbhar demanded, “The Chief Minister and the State Government must conduct an in-depth investigation in such cases. These are simply three of the cases that we evaluated. There have been prior tenders where such exaggerated estimated costs have been quoted.”