Uttar Pradesh’s 20 forest divisions made fraudulent payment of ₹1.37 crore for various works by mentioning false registration numbers of vehicles using which works were claimed to be executed, a CAG audit report has revealed.
The registration number of vehicles for which payments were done in the name of tractors and excavators were found to be registered as motorcycles, jeeps, scooters and mopeds, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)‘s compliance audit report for the year ended March 2020 revealed.
Accessed by PTI, the report was tabled in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly recently and highlighted the “fraudulent payment against plantation work” by the Department of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, among other State government organs.
