Telangana has been spending low on the maintenance of irrigation projects against the budgetary provisions, while the expenditure on execution of the projects has been higher than the allocations made, observed the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the State’s financial accounts for 2020-21.
Expenditure on the maintenance of irrigation project was just 14.19% in 2020-21 as a small amount of ₹39.85 crore was spent for the purpose although the voted allocation was ₹280.81 crore. Similarly, the expenditure on maintenance of irrigation projects was low during the previous year (2019-20) too compared to budgetary provisions.
“Huge savings on Legislature-authorised budget for maintenance of irrigation projects indicates that intended maintenance was not carried out and this could also lead to non-performance of the projects to the envisaged level”, the CAG report observed.
.jpg?w=600)
