• Projects worth Rs 1.49 crore assigned to NGOs having a tardy work record

• In violation of rules, the Darbhanga DDC transferred Rs 2.69 crore to another division for constructing boundary walls for projects under the backward district initiative

• Rs 2.77 crore paid to unregistered labourers, while Rs 8.99 lakh given to fictitious ones in seven projects. The same names registered twice or thrice

JHARKHAND

• The Gumla District Commissioner sanctioned Rs 1.24 crore for ‘Safed Musli’ cultivation, as part of “commercial farming”. However, this has only 12 per cent labour component (Rs 15.30 lakh) as against the stipulated 60 per cent (Rs 74.4 lakh)

• In Hazaribagh, 20,995 muster rolls did not have the unique identification number. In one block, Rs 5.22 lakh was paid through 5,000 of such rolls

• Rs 8.01 lakh paid against false muster rolls, and labour paid even before the start of a project

• Non-availability of updated data means the actual employment sought and that provided could not be verified

ORISSA

• In Kalahandi, 149 projects costing Rs 7.55 crore were executed through contractors in the guise of Village Labour Leaders from February 2006 till November 2006 and subsequently as a department project, in violation of rules

• A check revealed mismatch between actual employment provided on job cards and that reported online. “Job cards were unreliable,” concluded the audit

• 5,316 muster rolls in Kalahandi and Bolangir districts not treated as expenditure documents. Instead payment released in the manner of contractual work

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