Nearly a year after the BMC’s then standing committee ordered special scrutiny of 150 COVID-related projects, its chief auditor is yet to complete the audit. This comes at a time when the state government has asked national auditor CAG to probe civic proposals worth Rs 12,000 crore. “We are working on that. Audit work is going on,” said Municipal Chief Auditor Sitaram Kale. 

After opposition members raised questions over expenses in projects related to COVID, then standing committee chairman Yashwant Jadhav on December 23, 2021, had ordered the audit of proposals worth Rs 1,000 crore.