Kolkata, Oct 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) will conduct a special audit in a total of 16 municipalities in West Bengal as part of the CAG’s special audit drive in select municipalities in 22 Indian states.
The main purpose of the special audit is to review the extent to which building plans are getting clearances from the municipal authorities concerned, as well as the extent of property tax collections by those municipal bodies during a specific period of time.
The period for which the special CAG audit in the case of these 16 municipal bodies will be conducted will be from 2021-22 to 2025-26. This means that during that period all boards of these 16 municipal bodies during that period were under the control of the previous ruling party of Trinamool Congress.
The 16 municipalities where the special CAG audit will be conducted include Contai Municipality and Haldia Municipality in East Midnapore district, Asansol Municipal Corporation in West Burdwan district, Siliguri Municipal Corporation, Darjeeling Municipality and Kurseong Municipality in Darjeeling district, South Dum Dum Municipality, Halisahar Municipality, Baranagar Municipality, and Taki Municipality in North 24 Parganas district, Uluberia Municipality in Howrah district, Domkal Municipality in Murshidabad district, Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality and Sreerampore Municipality in Hooghly district, Bolpur Municipality in Birbhum district and Krishnanagar Municipality in Nadia district.
“This special audit drive has been named 'Horizontal Review'. Before the recently concluded Durga Puja, the office of the Examiner of Local Accounts in West Bengal had informed the state government about this initiative of the CAG in a letter on October 5. After that, the state municipal affairs & urban development department had ordered the concerned municipalities to cooperate with the audit work by providing necessary documents and information. A letter to this effect was forwarded on October 13,” a state government official said.
He also said that the special CAG audit will begin at the end of October and will continue till 2027.
According to him, the special CAG audit is aimed at examining the process of approving building plans, identifying potential areas of illegal construction and recommending necessary amendments.
The audit report will be presented in the respective state assemblies.
The review, according to him. will look into whether specific rules were being followed in approving designs for houses and multi-storey buildings, whether there was undue delay in processing applications and whether construction was actually carried out as per the approved designs.
“In addition, in the case of property tax, the proper registration of taxable properties, method of assessment of tax, arrears of revenue, tax collection and property revaluation system will also be examined. The report of the special audit will also be placed on the floor of the state assembly,” the state government official said.
Source: IANS
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