Lack of coordination among agencies to prepare plan hampering road devp in Delhi: CAG

The Delhi urban development department has not set up any mechanism of coordination among multiple agencies to prepare a plan for developing road network, resulting in hindrance in the works required for coping up with the increasing number of vehicles in the city, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said in a report.

According to the report tabled by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, there was also no effective mechanism for citizens to report their grievances regarding specific roads to the agencies concerned for redressal.

"Multiple agencies were responsible for Delhi road network. The urban development department did not establish any mechanism to coordinate the efforts of these agencies to prepare a perspective plan, lack of which hindered the effective planning and coordination in developing Delhi road network in a phased manner to cope up with ever increasing population of vehicles in the city," it stated.

In the report, the CAG also slammed the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), saying that the civic body "failed" to recover mobilisation advance and interest of Rs 1.07 crore from a contractor though the work was abandoned by the contractor in 2013.

It also said, "Incomplete remodelling of Karawal Nagar Road from Wazirabad Road to Shiv Vihar Tiraha by East Delhi Municipal Corporation resulted in unfruitful expenditure of Rs 8.34 crore. In 11 works, an expenditure of Rs 8.09 crore was incurred by providing bitumen mastic carpet without constructing base course."

The report stated that the Delhi government had in 2007 approved a scheme for widening, improving, strengthening and beautification of G T Road from eastern approach of ISBT to Uttar Pradesh Border.

"Project II Division, Shahdra (north), however, in an unauthorised manner diverted the funds received under this scheme for construction of RCC drain from New Seelampur to Shiv Mandir... the stipulated date of completion of the work was in May 2013. MCD paid Rs 1.08 crore to the contractor till November 2013 and no progress of the work was recorded thereafter," the report stated.

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