The cleaning of the Mithi River has run into controversy once again as senior Congress leader Sachin Sawant has demanded the scrapping of the fresh tender issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

According to Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee senior spokesperson Sawant, the statement given by the BMC to the media regarding the allegations on the tender process for Mithi River cleaning is, in fact, an admission that irregularities have taken place in the process, and that the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) guidelines have been violated.

In the tender for Mithi River cleaning, the turnover requirement for a pump manufacturing company was initially fixed at ₹50 crore. However, after the pre-bid meeting, this requirement was arbitrarily changed to ₹210 crore. Since th

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