CAG detects irregularities in CWG

New Delhi, Aug 2 (PTI) In further embarrassment to
Congress, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is
understood to have rapped the Sheila Dikshit government in
Delhi for irregularities in certain contracts related to the
Commonwealth Games.
The CAG criticism comes on top of sharp indictment of the
Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on appointment of Suresh Kalmadi
as Organising Committee Chairman of the CWG held in October
last year.
The report, yet to be tabled in Parliament, has
reportedly pointed out that Spage Age, one of the disqualified
firms bidding for street lighting was declared qualified
"irregularly" after it made a plea to the Chief Minister.
It also reportedly found overspending by the Delhi
government and civic agencies to the tune of over Rs 100 crore
over streetscaping and an excess expenditure of Rs 31.07 crore
on street lighting by MCD, NDMC and PWD.
The contents of the leaked report provoked an angry
reaction from the government which sought to drag the previous
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime into the mess.
Minister of State in the PMO V Narayanasamy said the CAG
report, after being tabled in Parliament, will be examined by
the Public Accounts Committee.