Gujarat: Multi-crore scam in state water board flagged by auditor’s report, says former CM

Ahmedabad | Tuesday | 26th March, 2019

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Gujarat Water Infrastructure Limited has raised bills of water charges amounting to Rs 502 crore for supply of water to GWSSB up to the financial year 2017-18. Addressing mediapersons, Mehta raised questions about the quantum of water bills mentioned in the report. Of these bills, GWSSB has acknowledged bills worth Rs 163 crore, which it will pay. “What happened to the water bills worth Rs 340 crore? Flagging an alleged multi-crore scam in the Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board (GWSSB), a Government of Gujarat undertaking, former chief minister Suresh Mehta said on Friday that the Board has not complied with the accounting standards prescribed by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India..