Bangalore Tops The List Of India's Most Corrupt Cities: Study


Bangalore Tops The List Of India's Most Corrupt Cities: Study

Bangalore: The IT capital of India, Bangalore, tops the list of the most corrupt cities in the country, followed by another southern state, Chennai, according to an anti corruption website ipaidbribe.com. This anti-corruption site has been set up by Bangalore-based NGO Janaagraha, reports Christin Mathew Philip of TOI.

The website reveals that more than 22,000 people “confessed” of having paid bribe in some way or the other. Bangaloreans have paid 16 crore as bribe followed by Chennaiites with 7 crore, Mumbai- 6.97 crore, Delhi 4.4 crore, Hyderabad 2.9 crore, Kolkata 1.6 crore and Kochi 56, 101.

As stated by Joylita Saldanha, product manager of Janaagraha, Bangalore tops the corruption index mainly due to better knowledge about the organization and the website. He further exclaimed "There is also a good response from Chennai for the website. Most people are using the website to vent their anger at the system," reports TOI.

"We get an average of 12,000 visits a day from across 544 cities in India. More than 20 'bribe experiences' are reported on a daily basis from all parts of India. The amount varies from 4 lakh (for a seat in a medical college) to 20 (to be let off for a traffic offence)," Saldanha added.

The campaign is an initiative by Janaagraha with an aim to uncover the "market price of corruption" and help people to express their views about a leap in the current system, give them a platform to share their experiences related to bribe and people even 'confess' to have bribed someone.

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