Report No 10 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Implementation of Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Project for the year ended March 2023
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What did the audit examine?
The audit examined the implementation of the Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Project by the Government of Karnataka, covering the period from 2012-13 to 2022-23.
Who / what it concerns
Government of Karnataka (through Visvesvaraya Jala Nigam Limited)
What the auditor found
- Non-specification of completion period in DPRs
- Inordinate delay in finalising location of storage reservoir
- Inaccurate calculation of available water yield
- Budgetary grants allocated on ad-hoc basis
- Uncertainty in raising finances for project completion
- Idling of assets costing ₹2,965.77 crore due to delay in Phase-II completion
- Deficiencies in tendering process (80% of works awarded without evaluating contractor capacity)
- Excess payments/undue favour to contractors
- Non-conducting of regular Monthly Multilevel Review meetings
- Deficiencies in inspection and maintenance records
Points worth noting
- ₹2,965.77 crore in assets created under Phase-I were idling due to non-completion of Phase-II works
- Project suffered from financial constraints with government providing only 25-54% of budget requirements during 2018-19 to 2022-23
- VJNL faces financial uncertainty regarding ₹7,954.63 crore required for completing the project
- Project cost increased from ₹8,323.50 crore (2012) to ₹23,251.66 crore (2023)
| Source body | Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) — audit reports |
| Reference number | — |
| Status | closed (section: audit_report) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 1 |
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