Vijay Wadettiwar, Congress MLA from Chandrapur, yesterday alleged a multi-crore scam during the road repair work undertaken by the BMC for 2012-13 fiscal. Addressing media persons in the city, he claimed 70 per cent from the Rs 1,000-crore contract was siphoned off by various contractors by submitting forged receipts.

Wadettiwar stated that the alleged fraud has been on for the last five years, during which the civic body incurred losses amounting to Rs 5,000 crore. The MLA levelled these allegations a day after Congress veteran Gurudas Kamat wrote to Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis about alleged irregularities in road contracts in Mumbai.