Overview

• Speaker Rahul Narvekar has directed the Public Health Department to investigate the purchase of eight cancer diagnostic vans after opposition MLAs raised concerns about price inflation.
• Bhaskar Jadhav and Vijay Wadettiwar contend each van cost up to Rs 99 lakh despite standard estimates capping vehicles and equipment at around Rs 52 lakh.
• Minister Meghana Sakore-Bordikar has defended the process as a transparent GeM portal tender involving three bidders with final bids 0.94% below department estimates.
• Lawmakers say some medical instruments in the vans have broken down, prompting scrutiny of quality, deployment readiness, service reliability.
• The inquiry’s report must be submitted to the Assembly before the Monsoon session ends to uphold procurement accountability.