accumulative amount of Rs20.96 million as miscellaneous public works advances.
The executive engineer in Jacobabad has to recover Rs15.66 million, one in Jamshoro has to recover Rs4 million, while the executive engineer posted in Ghotki has to recover Rs1.3 million.
The written response of the department on the para stated, “As evident from the record, most of the amount in this para relates to the 1970s and 80s, beginning from the time of one unit i.e. year 1969. The amounts are misc. Public works department advance as per government policy on account of one-third expenditure to be borne by respective local councils/municipal committee whom the scheme pertains and is subsequently handed over for operation and maintenance. However the respective local councils have not yet deposited the one-third share expenditure of the completion cost of schemes. Time and again the respective local councils were requested to fulfil their obligations, but no avail. The matter was discussed in a PAC meeting held on 9th April 2002 and the committee was kind enough to settle/drop similar nature para no.6 for the year 1999-2000. Under the circumstances the PAC is requested to drop the para in question”.
Meanwhile, the PAC discussed in all 16 audit paras of public health engineering department pertaining to its accounts for financial year 2008-09, amounting to a total of Rs332.3 million, out of which six paras worth Rs108.73 million were settled, while 10 ten paras amounting to Rs222.54 million were deferred or referred to its sub-committee.
The PAC chairman informed newsmen on the occasion that the sub-committee will start working after the conclusion of ongoing session for consideration of paras earlier deferred by the PAC.
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