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| Commonwealth Games fiasco: Government's auditor faults Sheila too
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| INDIA
, 3-August-2011
0:40:13 AM |
| Sheila Dikshit has been blamed for costing the government Rs. 31 crore in losses by deciding to use imported equipment for street lighting in Delhi during the Commonwealth Games.
The government's auditor finds that after the Chief Minister's sanction, lights were bought at a price that ranged from Rs. 25,000 to 32,000 each - "far higher than the fair price computed."
The Games were held in Delhi in September 2010.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) also cites the example of a company named Space Age, which imported low-cost bulbs from Saudi Arabia. Space Age allegedly paid Rs. 5,000 per light but charged the government Rs. 25,000 per light - earning a super profit of more than Rs. 2.5 crore. The auditor also states that Space Age had been disqualified as a supplier, but was cleared by the Chief Minister.
Ms Dikshit's office said on Tuesday evening that she will not comment on the allegations till she receives a copy of the auditor's report.
Earlier, the Shunglu Committee -appointed by the Prime Minister to study the massive financial problems that underpinned the Games - had said that Ms Dikshit was partly responsible for the delays that dogged her government's handling of infra-structure projects. The delays then resulted in companies being hired at huge costs to complete the projects in a rush. The Shunglu Committee had also referred to the alleged intervention by the Chief Minister to allow Space Age to supply street lights.
Ms Dikshit's office had then countered that the company had gone to court and won the right to serve as a supplier.
EMAAR, favoured to build athletes' village, delivered unsafe flats
The CAG report finds that the company hired to construct the Village - EMAAR MGF - was unduly favoured . The auditor suggests that 278 crores be recovered from EMAAR for using substandard material and violating the terms of its contract.
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