October 15, 2010 7:36 PM

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CAG resumes its assessment of various CWG projects

The Comptroller and Auditor General – CAG – has resumed its assessment of various Commonwealth Games related projects. The CAG today sent its inspection officials to the CPWD office to check the accounts related to the Games projects. The audit work for CWG is onwork payments, contracts and leasing of sports equipment among others.The CAG had begun assessing the Games' expenditure in August, but had to stop the audit in the last week of eptember as they could not have access the premises of the Central Public Works Department. According to a CAG official, government auditor would soon sendits inspectors in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which is yet to be inspected. In August last year, the CAG had submitted an evaluation report to the Prime Minister's Office and the sports ministry pointing out the slow pace of progress of all the projects connected with the Games. In an inspection report, the CAG had criticised the CWG Organising Committee over appointment of two consultants for broadcast rights and sponsorship agreements.The CAG audit will look into how the balance between the cost and quality has been maintained and whether there has been any costoverrun.

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