Delhi government has ordered a thorough and impartial investigation by its Anti-Corruption Bureau, ACB into the alleged irregularities worth 184 crore rupees in the construction of Ring Road bypass ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games. An official release said, the decision has been taken on the basis of high-level Shunglu Committee report which had alleged financial irregularities in the construction work for the bypass from Salimgarh Fort to Velodrome Road.

The project was awarded to private contractors in two parts for works on flyovers and roads. It is alleged that the private contractors had inflated charges for the use of men and material in the project and formed a cartel in a nexus with government officials for carrying out the works, leading to the loss. It has been alleged that the loss of this magnitude could not have occurred without the knowledge, support and collusion of functionaries at the highest level of the executive. Our correspondent reports that ACB had, on the directions of Delhi government, registered an FIR on Thursday to probe the multi-crore street lighting scam.