Ex-Delhi Health Ministers Saurabh Bhardwaj, and Satyendra Jain Booked In Hospital Scam Case ..
Delhi's acb filed a corruption case against ex-Health Ministers Saurabh Bhardwaj and Satyendra Jain, approved under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
On august 22, 2024, a complaint was filed by the then LoP and current delhi Assembly Speaker, Vijender Gupta, highlighting grave irregularities and suspected corruption in various health infrastructure projects, alleging systematic manipulation of project budgets, misuse of public funds, and collusion with private contractors.
It was alleged that during 2018–2019, 24 hospital projects worth Rs 5,590 crores were sanctioned. These projects remained largely incomplete, with substantial and unexplained cost escalations. The Rs 1,125 crore ICU Hospital Project, covering seven pre-engineered facilities with a total of 6,800 beds, remains only 50% complete after nearly three years and expenditure of Rs 800 crores, despite an initial six-month completion timeline.
News agency reported that the verification of the complaint revealed unauthorized additional construction at government hospitals in Jwalapuri (by M/s Parnika Commercial & Estate Pvt Ltd) and Madipur (by M/s Ramacivil india Construction Pvt Ltd), carried out without approval from the competent authorities. The Madipur Hospital project was to be completed by november 2022 but remains abandoned and far from completion.
Verification also found that the New Block at LNJP Hospital, awarded to M/s Swadeshi Civil Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, saw project costs escalate from Rs 488 crores to Rs 1,135 crores over four years, with the structure still incomplete beyond its january 2023 deadline, the report further added.
On august 22, 2024, a complaint was filed by the then LoP and current delhi Assembly Speaker, Vijender Gupta, highlighting grave irregularities and suspected corruption in various health infrastructure projects, alleging systematic manipulation of project budgets, misuse of public funds, and collusion with private contractors.
It was alleged that during 2018–2019, 24 hospital projects worth Rs 5,590 crores were sanctioned. These projects remained largely incomplete, with substantial and unexplained cost escalations. The Rs 1,125 crore ICU Hospital Project, covering seven pre-engineered facilities with a total of 6,800 beds, remains only 50% complete after nearly three years and expenditure of Rs 800 crores, despite an initial six-month completion timeline.
News agency reported that the verification of the complaint revealed unauthorized additional construction at government hospitals in Jwalapuri (by M/s Parnika Commercial & Estate Pvt Ltd) and Madipur (by M/s Ramacivil india Construction Pvt Ltd), carried out without approval from the competent authorities. The Madipur Hospital project was to be completed by november 2022 but remains abandoned and far from completion.
Verification also found that the New Block at LNJP Hospital, awarded to M/s Swadeshi Civil Infrastructure Pvt Ltd, saw project costs escalate from Rs 488 crores to Rs 1,135 crores over four years, with the structure still incomplete beyond its january 2023 deadline, the report further added.