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BMC spends Rs 40 L extra on 831 flourmills
Updated On: 29 December, 2012 08:16 AM IST | | Chetna Sadadekar
In its budget, civic body had stated the price of one flourmill to be around Rs 21,000, when the market price is around Rs 16,000
Three days after a Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report slammed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) for irregularities in road contracts causing a loss of Rs 703 crore, here’s another incident of taxpayers’ money going down the drain.
A proposal to distribute 831 flourmills under the Women and Child Welfare Scheme to women holding orange ration cards was passed in April 2012. These were to be distributed for the betterment of women and to help them earn money from home. A few flourmills have already been distributed.

