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Rs.1 crore of Rs.100 crore? Printer's devil
embarrasses Maharashtra government
Friday March 15, 2013 10:24:52 PM,
IANS
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Mumbai: An innocuous
government e-tender advertisement caused a major embarrassment to
the Maharashtra government Friday as a printer's devil raised the
cost of supplying foodstuff to the residences of the chief
minister and the deputy chief minister from Rs.1 crore to a
whopping Rs.100 crore!
The advertisement -- in Marathi and English -- was for inviting
e-tenders to supply foodstuff worth Rs.1 crore per annum for the
official residences, 'Varsha' of the Maharashtra chief Minister,
and 'Devgiri' of the deputy chief minister, for 2013-2014.
A printer's devil crept in and one of the advertisements, issued
this week by the General Administration Department (GAD) in an
English newspaper, pegged the figure at a staggering Rs.100 crore.
BJP's Leader of Opposition in the assembly Eknath Khadse
immediately pounced on the government and accused it of "feasting"
at public expense.
"By spending such a huge amount on foodstuff at the official
residences, the government is feasting when the state is in the
grip of a severe drought and people do not have water to drink,"
Khadse alleged.
Embarrassed state government officials issued an official
clarification and blamed the mistake on a "printer's devil".
In a statement, it is said the government advertisement clearly
mentioned the figure as "Rs.1.00 crore".
"The figure of Rs.1.00 crore has been correctly printed in several
English and Marathi newspapers. Only one Mumbai eveninger
published the incorrect figure of 'Rs.100 crore'," the statement
said.
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