As far as development work is concerned, the nexus between private contractors is an open secret. But dropping the charade of this secrecy led to a furore in the PMC general body meeting on Monday, after house leader Subhash Jagtap alleged that many contractors are making profits due to this linkage. 

State Urban Development Minister Jayant Patil. File Pic

Soon after Jagtap’s statement, corporators from the opposition parties kicked up a ruckus, demanding that the names of such contractors be announced. Jagtap replied that a detailed list of such contractors had already been submitted to the assistant municipal commissioner Omprakash Bakoria. Taking note of these allegations, Mayor Chanchala Kodre ordered PMC Commissioner Vikas Deshmukh to blacklist the firms.