CAG slams Maha govt over Rs 27 k crore cost overruns

April 18, 2013 19:39

The CAG has slammed the Maharashtra government over incomplete irrigation projects, saying it has led to cost overruns of around Rs 27,000 crore in a finding that could raise questions on the role of NCP and its leader Ajit Pawar.

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, which presented its report for the year ending March 2012 to the state assembly today, also said Rs 43,270.01 crore were totally spent on 426 incomplete projects in Maharashtra.

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