India, July 15 -- Alleging irregularities and suspected manipulation in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) area-based solid waste management (SWM) tender process, Congress corporator Ashraf Azmi has urged the civic body's Standing Committee to scrap the ongoing exercise, invite fresh tenders and order a departmental inquiry into the role of officials.

In a letter to Standing Committee chairman Prabhakar Shinde, Azmi sought withdrawal of the SWM tender proposal from Wednesday's meeting agenda, alleging that officials handling the process took contradictory positions while evaluating bids.

According to the letter, the SWM department had initially recommended awarding the contract to the second-lowest bidder, PWG (JV), citing a...