Infra for 3 national waterways remains underused: CAG
08/08/2016 10:09
Government auditor CAG has said that infrastructure created at a cost of Rs 284 crore for three of the National Waterways has remained underutilized. Commenting on the issue, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said, "Infrastructure created at National Waterways 1, 2 and 3 at a cost of Rs 284.20 crore remained underutilised." "Despite incurring an expenditure of Rs 95.43 crore, the NW-3 could not become fully navigable even after lapse of 23 years of its declaration as National Waterways," it added. As per reports, audit observed that the cargo movement from both the jetties together during 2010-15 was only 314 MT which indicates that the infrastructure created at a cost of Rs 81.76 crore remained substantially underutilised in the absence of cargo movement. Also there had been underutilisation of broad gauge railway siding and alternate road at Pandu Terminal.
