Kohima: Giving an overview of the functioning of PWD (roads and bridges) in Nagaland, Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has found the absence of long term plan, state action plan and district action plan in the state which resulted into uneven planning and execution of the projects.
In its latest report pertaining to PWD, the apex audit organisation found that the overall increase in road length was only 14.60 per cent and conversion of unsurfaced roads to surfaced ones was only 3.40 per cent during the period from 2003 to 2009 in the state. “Maintenance of records in most of (PWD) divisions was poor and several vital records like register of works, work abstracts, contractors’ ledger, register of measurement books etc were not maintained,” CAG report said. Payments amounting to Rs 10.10 crore were made on the basis of “fictitious measurements” recorded in the measurement books and excess payments of Rs 3.73 crore were made due to duplication of entries for work not actually executed. “These were related to reconstruction of a three km old road from Naga Hospital to Tin Pati junction, Kohima under the state plan,” the report said. The CAG report tabled in the state assembly on Thursday said during joint physical verification it was found that the work was not completed in several sections of the road. (PTI)
