Mumbai: Whistleblower in the Maharashtra irrigation scam Vijay Pandhare has claimed unnecessary expenses worth Rs 20,000 crore in state irrigation projects.
Pandhare wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Governor K Sankaranarayanan in May, 2012 exposing the scam.
Vijay Pandhare had claimed at least Rs 35000 crore were siphoned off in 10 years in various projects.
Pandhare is a chief engineer in Maharashtra Engineering Research Institute.
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