Kolkata: More than half of the PSA oxygen plants installed under PM CARES and CSR initiatives in West Bengal during Covid were either uncommissioned or non-functional as of December 2023, while ventilators and oxygen concentrators were found lying idle at two government hospitals, a CAG report said.
It also flagged deficiencies in the utilisation of Covid-related funds. Of the total amount released under the Emergency COVID Response Package-II (ECRP-II), Rs 659.28 crore (65 per cent) remained unspent as of March 2022, it stated.
