Vijay Pandhare

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Vijay Pandhare
Nationality Indian
Occupation Chief Engineer, Irrigation Department[1]
Employer Government of Maharashtra[1]
Known for Whistleblower in Maharashtra Irrigation Scam 2012[1]

Vijay Pandhare was a bureaucrat in the Maharashtra, a state in India. He was the Chief Engineer of the Water Resources Department and a member of the state level technical advisory committee.[2]

Whistle blowing

Pandhare is a whistleblower who wrote to the chief minister of the state of Maharashtra and its governor alleging irregularities and cost inflation in irrigation projects. The controversy raised by these communication caused the deputy chief minister of the state Ajit Pawar to resign. In his letters he pointed out that Rs 12,000 crore [3] spent on lift irrigation projects in the state are a total waste as around 99 per cent of the total 227 projects in Maharashtra are not working and 90 per cent never began functioning.

Pandhare, in a letter to other engineers, alleged that corruption can be controlled by curtailing the powers. The irregularities were so serious Pandhare alleged that the government was "...playing with people's lives".[4]

A Mumbai Mirror cover story carried the title "Warrior duo that sunk Ajit Pawar", crediting Pandhare with forcing the Nationalist Congress Party senior politician Ajit Pawar to resign from the number two post in Maharashtra's cabinet of ministers.[1]

Political career

In December 2013, after his retirement from active service, Pandhare joined the Aam Aadmi party (AAP).[5]

Personal life

Vijay Pandhare is spiritual man who believes in words of Sant Tukaram, Sant Dnyaneshwar. He has located his family to Lakhanwada (a place in Khamgaon taluka of Buldana District, Maharashtra).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Naik, Yogesh (2012-09-26). "Warrior duo that sunk Ajit Pawar". Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 2012-10-05. 
  2. ↑ "Maharashtra's irrigation scam: Meet the whistleblower Vijay Pandhare". Daily Bhaskar. 2012-09-27. Retrieved 2012-10-05. 
  3. ↑ Down To Earth: Reservoir of corruption
  4. ↑ Iyer, Kavitha (2012-10-02). "DNA investigation: Vijay Pandhare letter opens floodgates". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 2012-10-05. 
  5. ↑ "Maharashtra irrigation scam whistleblower Vijay Pandhare joins AAP". The Times of India. 2013-12-01. 
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