Bombay HC directs CAG probe into Mumbai-Pune Expressway toll collection
The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India to conduct a “thorough inquiry” into the accounts of Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) based on allegations made in PILs against toll collection by a private contractor on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.
The court asked CAG to submit within three weeks a comprehensive affidavit in reply to the PILs, as well as the corporation’s affidavit that justified the extension of toll collection contract.
The court had on Wednesday hinted at the CAG inquiry after it expressed surprise that MSRDC could not recover the total capital outlay of the project, which was open for public use in 2004. As of today, the recoverable amount is close to Rs 22,000 crore.
