"Of the 269 projects planned to be completed by March 2007 for a potential area of 71,235 hectares, only 251 with an irrigation potential of 42,839 hectares were implemented," S Murugiah, Auditor General (Commercial and Receipt Audits) said today.
Mentioning the highlights of the report, which was tabled in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on May 14, he said defective formulation of 10 projects sanctioned for Rs 191.60 crore led to the creation of irrigation potential of 2,596 hectares only, against the 21,004 hectares envisaged.
"Adoption of higher specifications other than those prescribed by the Bureau of Indian Standards resulted in avoidable expenditure of Rs 4.97 crore," he said quoting the CAG report.
On the medical front, CAG had reported that due to poor planning and an inconsistent policy on participation of private players in medical education had resulted in lack of producing skilled and qualified medical and para-medical professionals in the state.
"This has resulted in a wide gap between existing intake capacity of medical seats and the demand for medical courses," it said.
While several post graduate courses in medicine lacked necessary recognition of the Dr MGR Medical University, the university itself fell short on the research front due to lack of patronage from government, the report said.
