The Times of India 27.07.2012
Auditor slams Nashik municipal corporation for lapses in accounts
NASHIK: The audit of accounts of the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) for 2006-07 has revealed serious financial and administrative lapses committed by the civic body under the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance.
When the audit report was tabled at the standing committee meeting of the NMC
on Thursday, committee chairman Uddhav Nimse decided to convene a
special meeting to discuss the auditor's report. All heads of
departments of NMC were asked to attend the meeting to be convened soon.
The audit report of NMC for the financial year 2006-07 was
tabled for approval at Thursday's meeting. The auditor, in the report,
has taken objections against all the departments for financial and
administrative lapses, which include octroi, establishment, building
& construction, accounts department, health, public relations,
fertilizer, water supply and town planning.
The auditor has
slammed the NMC for showing the diesel storage of 28,000 to 30,000 lt in
the diesel tank of the NMC depot, when the actual capacity of the
diesel tank was 22,000 lt. Besides, the software for the octroi
department had some errors. The register at the Maldhakka (goods
platform) at Nashik Road railway station was not maintained. The new
pension scheme was not introduced by the NMC for its staff and there was
no progress in the health enquiries. Further, the Marathi
secondary schools of NMC did not receive grants due to lack of follow up
by the NMC. An unauthorized electricity supply was being given from the
public lavatories of the NMC. There was confusion in the bills by the
building & construction department as the measurement book was not
maintained. There was no progress in Pelican Park issue. The accounts
department had not kept the reserve funds of 90 days for the salaries of
the NMC employees. There was no decision regarding Rs 17 crore deposits
of in the financially troubled banks. The garden department had not
given any written details to the auditor and the register regarding the
maintenance works were incomplete.
The auditor said that the
NMC had not mentioned the number of entry tickets for the water park of
the Dadasaheb Phalke Memorial. The register of the fertilizer project of
NMC was incomplete and the recovery was inadequate. The water supply
department had no stock register. The NMC properties were given on rent
at nominal rates.