CAG's report shows how Sheila's Delhi lost an astonishing Rs 6,000 crore through irregularities and waste Friday Aug 01,2014

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on Friday Aug 01,2014 revealed the wasteful and loss-making ways worth thousands of crores of Delhi's Sheila Dikshit government in the financial year that ended on March 31, 2013.

The CAG report pointed out irregularities and lack of financial transparency in a number of Delhi government departments. 

The CAG report slammed the government's Urban Development (UD) department in particular for failing to provide basic amenities to the Capital, pointing out wasted expenditure of Rs 3,000 crore by this arm of the government alone.

"The UD department has failed to provide basic services like sewer lines, water lines, roads and drainage to all the 895 unauthorised colonies despite incurring an expenditure of Rs 3,029.21 crore up to March 2013," said Dolly Chakrabarty, Principal Accountant General (Audit), Delhi. 

In its report tabled in Parliament on Friday Aug 01,2014, the CAG said that test check of the records of 96 units of departments of Trade and Taxes, State Excise, Transport, Entertainment, Luxury and Betting and Revenue conducted during the year 2012-13 showed under-assessment and loss of revenue aggregating to Rs 2,041.32 crore in 2,238 cases.

"The concerned departments accepted under-assessment and other deficiencies of Rs 50.46 crore involved in 627 cases pointed out in audit during 2012-13 and earlier years. The departments recovered Rs 5.61 lakh in six cases during the year 2012-13," the report said. 

The CAG report also said that Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) suffered avoidable losses of Rs 53.59 crore on account of unauthorised occupation of staff quarters at two of its staff colonies.

The CAG also lashed out at Indraprastha Power Generation Company for acting in a way that led to giving undue benefit to discoms.

"Indraprastha Power Generation Company Limited by delaying recovery of advance income tax paid, blocked their funds and suffered interest loss of Rs 6.42 crore leading to undue financial benefit to discoms," the report added

Noting that that several irregularities had been observed in the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board's (DUSIB) awarding of contracts to run and manage night shelters, the CAG report also pointed out that not only did the board not have reliable records of its properties, but it had yet to recover Rs 232.10 crore from its allottees.