The CAG audit will scrutinise the preventive steps which had been taken by the Delhi government and civic authorities to deal with dengue.
All the three BJP-ruled municipal corporations have welcomed the decision of the Comptroller and Audit General (CAG) to hold an audit of the preparedness of Aam Aadmi Party led Delhi government and the local bodies to deal with dengue crisis in the city.
The three corporations have claimed that the AAP government has not released Rs 700 crore for municipal corporations as recommended by the state finance commission, while the government has blamed the MCD for the dengue crisis the city.
Mohan Prasad Bhardwaj, the chairman of the standing committee of North Delhi Municipal Corporation said, "AAP government is not coming forward with the actual release of funds to the corporation. Against the allotted funds of Rs 37 crore only Rs 9 crores were released, that too, after great persuasion."
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) claims it received Rs 14 crore out of a total budget of Rs 28.40 crore to fight the mosquito menace as late as September 25, while Delhi government has claimed in the court that it has released 75 per cent of the earmarked funds.
The chairman of standing committee of SDMC, Radhe Shyam Sharma said, "We have so far received only 50 percent funds. Earlier, Delhi government had issued a circular on September 9 about release of 25 percent of the funds, Rs 7 crore, which we never received."
"We had demanded Rs 20 crore from the Delhi government as early as July to fight the mosquito menace but our demand was turned down. Now we have just received a slip of Rs 7.95 crore which is yet to be credited to our account," East Delhi Municipal Corporation chairman, Lata Gupta claimed.
The CAG audit will scrutinise the preventive steps which had been taken by the Delhi government and civic authorities, the New Delhi Municipal Council and the three municipal corporations, to deal with mosquito-borne diseases, sources
said.
Nearly 1,700 fresh dengue cases have been reported in the city in the last one week, taking the total number of people affected to 5,471. Over 25 people have died due to dengue this year.