New Delhi: 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."
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."
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.
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."
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."
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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.
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