New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has slammed the Union government for its ‘failure’ to monitor the unutilised funds lying with at least 10 States for the construction of fortified police stations or outposts in 83 districts affected by Left-wing extremist (LWE) violence.
The CAG has said that the funds amounting to Rs 52.18 crore out of Rs 623 crore was released between 2012 and 2016 for the construction of 400 police stations or outposts in 83 LWE-hit districts of 10 states.
But the funds were still lying unused even three years after the scheme had ceased to be in operation, the auditorāhas said in a report.
According to a Hindustan Times report, the CAG has pointed out that Madhya Pradesh (MP) spent about Rs 3.79 crore on the construction of two additional police stations, which were not part of the scheme, and has cited them as irregular.