THANE: Controversial civil works contractor Nisar Khatri, accused of inflating the costs of construction of the Balganga Dam, on Saturday appealed for bail in the special court with this counsel claiming that the state authorities had underpaid him for the work done on the dam project so far. Khatri has been in judicial custody for close to a month now following his arrest by the officials of the Thane unit of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The contractor's counsel, Shailesh Sadekar, on Saturday said the work on the dam project is 80 per cent complete, but the state agencies have failed to deliver on their assurance to pay for the major portion of the work completed till date. "When the...
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