The budget estimation for the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) inBiharfor the year 2020-21 was prepared without any planning, observed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), maintaining that the exercise was highly unrealistic and inaccurate.
National Quality Monitoring (NQM) found that 1,029 road and bridge projects were in the category of unsatisfactory during a period of five years till 2020-21.
There was a difference of Rs 1,579.58 crore in and Rs 3,183.63 crore in Revenue Expenditure between Bihar Rural Development Agency (BRRDA) and detailed appropriation accounts of government of Bihar, the CAG said.
For 278 PMGSY projects and 11,938Mukhya Mantri Gram Sampark Yojana(MMGSY) projects completed between 2006-07 and 2021-22, Rs 83.44 crore and Rs 1,561.52 crore, respectively, were not paid to the contractors even after the work was physically complete with the department having sufficient funds available, it said.
Despite repeated attempts, rural works department ministerJayant Rajcould not be reached for comments on the report. The PMGSY is a central scheme to provide all-weather connectivity roads to rural areas. Bihar launched the MMGSY in 2013 to connect rural areas with a Population of more than 250.