NDMC distributed sweets over Rs 91 lakh to employees on Holi

Civic maintenance body for tony area of Lutyen's zone, New Delhi Municipal Council, distributed sweets worth over Rs 91 lakh as "welfare measure" to its staff on Holi this year, a reply under the Right to Information Act has found.
"In the year 2014, sweets were procured from Nathu Sweets at a total cost of Rs. 91,95,070 for distribution to all NDMC employees on the eve of Holi," the reply said.
Last year, the NDMC had distributed sweets worth Rs 30.20 lakh for its sanitation staff of health department and all the Group D and contractual staff, RTI reply to activist Subhash Agrawal said.

The increase in this year's sweets budget is justified by the civic body saying authorities decided that distribution of sweets on the occasion of Holi will not be limited to sanitation staff and would include all employees of the civic body.
"This is a welfare measure. NDMC has been distributing sweets to safai karamcharis on occasion of Diwali. This year, the competent authorities in consultation with senior officers decided to distribute sweets to all the employees on the occasion of Holi," it said.
According to reply, in the year 2010, sweets were procured from Karachi Halwa House at a total cost of Rs.5.52 lakhs for distribution to the sanitation staff of Health Department on the eve of Diwali.

"In the year 2011, sweets were procured from Kaleva at a total cost of Rs.6,70,163/- for distribution to the sanitation staff of Health Department on the eve of the Diwali.In the year 2012, sweets were from procured from Kaleva at a total cost of Rs. 6,70,163/- for distribution to the sanitation staff of Health Department on the eve of the Diwali," the reply said.