The information was provided by the corporation’s audit department in reply to an RTI query by citizen activist Vitthal Vinod.

When asked about the issue, municipal commissioner Shrikar Pardeshi said he would examine the matter and take necessary action.

Vinod had sought information about the pending audit objections,
objectionable amount and recoverable amount of all civic departments
from 1982-83 onwards, when the municipal corporation came into
existence. The audit department has given a 13-page reply, providing
details of 126 civic departments and offices.

A civic official
said the departments have to submit documents of the various permissions
they had obtained while implementing different projects. But due to
some reason, the officials concerned with a particular project, have
failed to provide these documents. As a result, during the audit, the
amount spent on such projects has been shown as pending by the audit
department due to unavailability of records.

The official said
there are various technicalities involved in projects which need to be
explained to the audit department. Once the officials explain these
technicalities and clear the doubts of the audit department, the amount
does not have to be recovered.