YSRCP alleges tax and contracting irregularities in Nellore civic body
YSR Congress leaders have alleged financial irregularities in the Nellore Municipal Corporation, citing higher tax collections, small-value work packages and increased spending on waste collection and other contracts. The party said it had brought budget and tender documents to support its claims and demanded explanations from authorities.
YSR Congress Party leaders have alleged large-scale financial irregularities in the functioning of the Nellore Municipal Corporation in Andhra Pradesh and demanded explanations from the authorities. YSRCP Nellore district president and former Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy and MLC Parvathareddy Chandrasekhar Reddy made the allegations at a media briefing on Wednesday. They accused the current administration of imposing what they described as an unprecedented burden on taxpayers and criticised Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister Ponguru Narayana.
Mr. Chandrasekhar Reddy said a review of municipal budget records showed annual tax collections of between ₹44 crore and ₹66 crore during the previous YSRCP government. He claimed collections rose to ₹111 crore last year, while the target for the current year was ₹154 crore.
He also alleged that drinking-water tax collections had increased from ₹7 crore to ₹30 crore. The MLC said economically weaker families were being pursued through Lok Adalats and courts for arrears, with officials allegedly warning of property seizures. The source material does not include a response from the municipal corporation or the minister to these claims.
The leaders also alleged that civic works were divided into packages of ₹4.90 lakh to avoid the tendering process and were subsequently awarded to associates. On waste collection, Mr. Kakani compared 95 garbage-collection autos from the previous administration, which he said cost about ₹7.06 crore annually, with 126 tractors operated by Pruthviraj Constructions at a claimed annual cost of about ₹20.07 crore.
They questioned contracts for 19 sweeping machines worth ₹26.74 crore, six compactors worth ₹11.90 crore and 13 buses assigned to Sulaksha Constructions at ₹1.40 lakh per bus per month. The YSRCP leaders said they had brought budget books, tender documents and corporation agenda copies to substantiate their allegations. The supplied material does not report an independent finding or an official investigation into the claims.
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