A councillor on Tuesday demanded an audit of the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation’s developmental works which, he alleged, resulted in a loss of Rs.46 crore to the civic agency over the past three years.
Presenting what he claimed to be documentary evidence at a press conference here, councillor Rajendra Tyagi alleged that the civic corporation suffered a loss of Rs.46 crore over the past three years, covering the tenures of two municipal commissioners.
‘The municipal corporation hires auditors from the directorate of local bodies for two months and gets its accounts approved from the municipal development department. This indicates a collusion between the auditors and the municipal development department in the ongoing corrupt practices in the corporation,’ Tyagi said. He said former municipal commissioner Jitendra Singh, who retired on 28 February, bypassed the municipal decision not to carry out a development work over Rs 50,000 without prior sanction.
Presenting what he claimed to be documentary evidence at a press conference here, councillor Rajendra Tyagi alleged that the civic corporation suffered a loss of Rs.46 crore over the past three years, covering the tenures of two municipal commissioners.
‘The municipal corporation hires auditors from the directorate of local bodies for two months and gets its accounts approved from the municipal development department. This indicates a collusion between the auditors and the municipal development department in the ongoing corrupt practices in the corporation,’ Tyagi said. He said former municipal commissioner Jitendra Singh, who retired on 28 February, bypassed the municipal decision not to carry out a development work over Rs 50,000 without prior sanction.