PTI
Updated: March 27, 2017, 6:56 PM IST
File photo of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
Patna: Faulty implementation of the Mukhya Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (MMGSY) in Bihar aimed at connecting villages having a population of 500 to 999, resulted in 183 villages remaining disconnected, a CAG report has said.
The latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) for the year ending 31 March, 2016 also states that several villages which did not meet the MMGSY criteria, were connected.
The CAG report was tabled in the Bihar Legislative Assembly by state Finance minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui today. The report has pointed out poor functioning of the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and the National Rural drinking water programme in Bihar.
“The MMGSY was implemented without reliable data of unconnected villages as the comprehensive new connectivity priority list for unconnected villages having population of 500-999 (as per 2001 census) was not available/adhered to.
As a result, 183 villages remained unconnected despite an expenditure of Rs 1,398.16 crore, whereas connectivity was provided to ineligible villages,” the CAG report observed.