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CAG flags undue benefits of Rs 7.32cr to ESCOMs
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|August 23, 2025
THE Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in its report for the period ending March 2023, has flagged undue benefits extended to network service providers, including the Electricity Supply Companies (ESCOMs), in the form of road-cutting charges amounting to Rs 7.32 crore.
The irregularities were noted in four Public Works Department (PWD) divisions, Davangere, Madikeri, Mysuru, and Shivamogga. Between June and August 2023, the audit reviewed road-cutting permissions granted in 22 cases covering a length of 153.73 km. The report observed that instead of quoting the fixed government rates prescribed in orders issued on June 8, 2020, for state highways and major dis
This story is from the August 23, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bengaluru.
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