BANGALORE: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda on Thursday claimed that none of the documents pertaining to the multi-crore bill scam in the BBMP were gutted in the recent fire mishap.Replying to the question raised by JD(S) member HC Neeravari about the BBMP scam, Gowda dismissed the media reports on the amount involved in the scam. “Prima facie, it appears that the scam involves only Rs 5.22 crore and not Rs 1,539-crore as reported in the media,” he claimed.However, he admitted that there were lapses in the existing financial management system of the BBMP and said that greater transparency was needed in its administration. “There are 530 accounts for salary disbursement and issuance of letter of credit. It gives scope for irregularities within the system. Hence, we have decided to reduce the accounts to just two,” he said.The CM also said that the government was now planning to implement integrated accounting system and conduct concurrent audit along with the CAG to ensure transparency in the city’s civic body.Alleging that systematic efforts were being done to hush up the scam at BBMP, JD(S) MLC H C Neeravari demanded a Lokayukta probe into the scam.CM ruled out the demand and said the government had faith in the CID, which is probing the scam currently.
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