Anjali Damania: A Homemaker's Fight against Corruption

But, Anjali, a pathologist by profession and a home maker has the newest twist in her battle to expose irrigation scam in the state.

Anjali has an RSS background and thought that BJP could help her in this fight. Some BJP leaders in Maharashtra including legislator Devendra Fadnavis, former MLA Kirit Somiaya, Eknath Khadse have met her in the past on this issue. Her fight began with a view to protect her own land in Karjat that had been threatened by an irrigation project.

But, with a determination to not give up and equipped with the Right to Information Act, Anjali found shocking information, firstly on this specific project and then on several others, like Balganga, Kalu, Susari, all commissioned newly in Konkan.

The RTI papers revealed cost escalations in violation of all standards, contractor-official-politician nexus, avoidance of tender documents all leading to a scam worth thousands of crores. These were the findings that could displace the NCP.

Anjali said she realized soon enough that she was alone in her fight.

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