Audit of MCs to start in a fortnight: Sidhu

Ludhiana : Minister for Local Bodies Navjot Singh Sidhu has said that the technical and social audit of the municipal corporations will begin in the next 15 days.
In the city to witness sewer cleaning work here today, he said 166 municipal corporations and councils were in debt. The funds generated, spent, works executed – everything will be audited for which four companies had shown interest. The audit will be done in five MCs – Ludhiana, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Patiala and Bathinda.No compromises will be made for maintaining the cleanliness in the cities of the state and the best names in the business are being contacted. “They will have to perform to sustain since our aim is to make the state garbage free in the next few months,” he said. Watching the choked sewer pipes through specialised equipment, Sidhu said there was 95 per cent blockage since the sewers had not been cleaned for the past several years.“The masses are suffering as they are being provided with contaminated water due to choked sewers. It is a problem in Jalandhar, Amritsar and Patiala also. Erring officials won’t be spared,” Sidhu warned.