Click to play videoAhmedabad: A report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 31, 2008 lays bare several irregularities in Gujarat government departments.
Deficient management, delays in completing projects, losses by short recovering of liquidated damages and other problems have been highlighted in the report.
The CAG report finds:
- Irregularities in planning and execution of the controversial Sujalam Sufalam project
- GSPC suffered a loss of Rs 106.71 crore by short recovering liquidated damages from contractor Essar Oil Limited
- Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam spent Rs 9.92 crore for availing consultancy services which remained unfruitful
- GSEC passed undue benefit of Rs 37.27 crore to contractors because of improper fixation of monthly average coal per wagon
"We have made our transaction audit observations and also put on record the irregularities and losses wherever. There is time overlap in some cases, excess payments in some cases,” says Principal Accountant General, Gujarat Region, Nandini Kapdi.
The state government is not responding yet but the Congress alleges large-scale corruption is the reason why the Narendra Modi government is not appointing a Lok Ayukta.
"There are so many irregularities. But Modi wants to shield himself and his ministers, so he is not appointing a Lok Ayukta for the past six years,” says Spokesperson, Congress, Arjun Modhvadia.
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