A councillor  in the Jamalpur ward has alleged a toilet cleaning scam in the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The councillor alleges that  toilet cleaning has been consistently neglected in three wards of the central zone over the past year, despite a sum of ₹57.24 lakh being paid for the service.

A request has been made to the municipal commissioner to recover this amount. Since no cleaning work has been observed in public toilets, a vigilance investigation has also been requested.

Demand to recover cost for cleaning 115 public toilets

As per information provided by AMC, public toilets in the central zone have been cleaned only four times in the past four years, alleged Councillor Rafiq Sheikh of Jamalpur.

Sheikh alleged that public money is being wasted due to the collusion between AMC officials. A total of ₹216 crore has been spent on toilet cleaning in the Jamalpur ward. In the last financial year alone, ₹68.18 crore was paid for cleaning public toilets in the central zone.

On an average, more than ₹31,000 is being spent annually on 218 public toilets. There are a total of 115 public toilets in the three wards of the central zone, and ₹57.24 lakh has been paid to clean these toilets 1,431 times in one year.

Sheikh alleged that despite numerous complaints, the corporation does not clean public toilets regularly. Even after fines were imposed on agencies responsible for cleaning, a substantial amount was still paid by the administration to these agencies.