VACB’s ‘Operation Parpidam’ exposes widespread municipal corruption in Kerala’s construction sector
Kerala's Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau has launched 'Operation Parpidam' to investigate widespread bribery and corruption in the state's municipal construction sector. The probe targets illegal building permits, zoning violations, and tax fraud involving officials and intermediaries.
The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) in Kerala has unearthed a widespread bribery racket to expedite building permit applications, overlook zoning violations, facilitate false reporting of floor area ratio to defraud the government of tax revenue and regularise structurally compromised illegal constructions, thereby imperilling public safety.
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