CAG report red-flags incomplete work on 397 projects

As many as 397 public welfare projects in J&K remained incomplete despite incurring an expenditure of over Rs 1,000 crore over the past decade till the end of financial year 2021-22, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said.

As many as 378 of these projects were taken up by different government departments between 2019 and 2022, the CAG said in its latest audit report on the Union Territory Finances for the year ended March 31, 2022. “…397 capital works having original estimated cost of Rs 1,518.66 crore were taken up. The Irrigation and Flood Control Department, Jammu, took up 61 projects, Jal Shakti (PHE) Department, Kashmir, 216 projects, Jal Shakti (PHE) Department, Jammu, 119 projects and Mechanical Engineering Department, Kashmir, took up one project, targeted to be completed from 2012-13 to 2014-15 and 2017-18 to 2021-22.