Patna, Mar 25 (UNI) Bihar government initiated the Neera project without proper planning and assessing its viability, leading to idle expenditure of Rs 11.68 crore, detected the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its recent report.
Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary tabled the CAG report (Performance and Compliance Audit- Civil) of the Bihar government for the year ended 31 March 2022 in the state assembly on Tuesday.
The report revealed that the government money spent on unused buildings and plants, and machinery, avoidable expenditure of Rs 1.10 crore on the purchase of Refrigerated Vans, and loss of Rs 2.03 crore on the production of jaggery could have been saved.