The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pulled up the State government for delaying the transfer of water supply and sewerage services and the assets and manpower required for these functions to local bodies.
This, the CAG observes, amounts to deviations from the principles of devolution enacted by the Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act.
In its report on ‘Efficacy of implementation of the 74th Constitution Amendment Act’ tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday, the CAG notes that the Kerala Municipality Act requires the government to transfer all assets, water supply and sewerage service, conduct of water supply, and fixing of water tariff and its collection to the municipalities.
