The Congress party on Tuesday continued its attack on the Left government in Kerala, alleging irregularities over the artificial intelligence (AI) cameras set up as part of the ‘Safe Kerala’ initiative and claiming the project, which could have cost under Rs 100 crore, was completed at Rs 232 crore.
Addressing the media here, senior Congress leader and former Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly Ramesh Chennithala claimed that one of the private companies that was held to be technically qualified in the tender process did not have the requisite experience.
“The Congress party has released various documents that can show the irregularities behind the installation of AI cameras as part of the Safe Kerala project,” he added. The Congress leader claimed it was clear that SRIT, the company that bagged the tender for the project, also did not have the requisite experience and that it had approached some five other inexperienced firms to complete the project.
“A project that could have been completed for Rs 100 crore was implemented at a cost of Rs 232 crore. Around Rs 132 crore was now given to some benami companies, and what else can we call it other than corruption?” Chennithala alleged. He claimed that irregularities had happened in the tender process.
The senior Congress leader alleged that even though some documents were uploaded on KELTRON’s website, some important documents have yet to be made public.
