Srinagar- Days after a preliminary inquiry conducted by the Rural Development Department found that funds worth Rs eight crore have been misappropriated in works executed under the MGNREGA scheme in Jammu, the J&K government has ordered a comprehensive audit of all the identified works in the report.
According to an order, the Rural Development Department has directed Director, Social Audit, MGNREGA to depute a team of two district resource persons (DRPs) along with some experienced village resource persons (VRPs) to undertake a comprehensive audit of all the works identified in the report by Assistant Commissioner Development, Jammu and submit a detailed report to the commissioner secretary, RDD within 10 days.
The Director, Social Audit has also been asked to fix the responsibility of the concerned officers. (KNO)