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Chhattisgarh
Report no 2 of 2014 -Annual Technical Inspection Report on Urban Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions, Government of Chhattisgarh for the year ending 31 March 2013
Overview
This Report consists of two Parts. Part-1 on Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Part - II on Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). Part I is divided into two Chapters viz. Chapter- 1: Overview of ULBs and Chapter -2: Audit of Transactions. Part II consists of three Chapters viz. Chapter 3: Overview of the PRIs, Chapter 4: Performance Audit of Backward Region Grant Fund Programme and Chapter-5: Audit of Transactions.The steps to be taken by DLFA under TGS have not been followed. Although training for the staff of DLFA had been conducted by the Accountant General, approval of Accountant General on audit plan was not obtained by the DLFA and sample Inspection Reports were not sent. The construction work of Haat Bazaar on which an expenditure of RS.30.28 lakh has been incurred remains incomplete three years beyond the scheduled date of completion.
Initiation of construction work of Commercial Complex without ensuring clear possession of site of Rajkishore Nagar, Bilaspur resulted in non-completion and blockade of funds of RS.1.08 crore.Delay in execution of construction work of mini stadium due to not ensuring encroachment free site resulted in blockage of RS.55.46 lakh.Failure to ensure speedy construction of houses led to cost escalation and non-completion of the houses.
The work of construction of houses for urban poor was taken up without ensuring prior possession of the site free from encroachment leading to cost escalation of RS.13.45 crore.Start of construction without ensuring firm demand resulted in shops constructed at a cost of RS.20.25 lakh remaining vacant and the shops on which an expenditure of RS.16.50 lakh has been incurred in another location remained incomplete. Award of work in violation of scheme guidelines and failure to take action against executing agencies resulted in non-completion of residential quarters under Valmiki Ambedkar Aawas Yojana and escalation in cost to the tune of RS.1.01 crore.