A presentation of the recent CAG report on the ‘Bharatmala Pariyojana’ was made at a meeting of the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee headed by Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday, sources said. The audit report on the implementation of Phase-I of the ‘Bharatmala Pariyojana’ highway projects triggered a political row with opposition parties alleging corruption in the process of awarding the project.
The Road Transport and Highways Ministry, however, has said the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) findings that the cost was exorbitant are misplaced as it did not factor in the actual cost.
The sources said at the PAC’s meeting on Tuesday, there was a presentation on the CAG report, which was tabled in Parliament on August 10.
