The 1999 CAG report, which rapped Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) for the ``gross underreporting,'' said death cases recorded in the register of crematoria, burning ghats and burial grounds of CMC area were almost double of those reported by the state government.

``Scrutiny of the records in these places indicated 241 cases of death due to malaria while government confirmed only 121 cases,'' the CAG said in his report made available here yesterday.

The directorate of health services (DHS) of the state reported only three deaths each in 1993 and 1994, while the actual figure obtained from the burning ghat and burial ground registers was 12 each during the corresponding periods.

Likewise, in 1995 and 1996 the state figures were seven and 52 in stark contrast with 36 and 96 respectively in theregisters, the CAG report said.