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Salinity control cost up by 355% due to delays in action: CAG report on Gujarat

March 29, 2018
Salinity control cost up by 355% due to delays in action: CAG report on Gujarat

Gandhinagar: The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) tabled in Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday has blamed exceptional delays in implementation of salinity ingress prevention programmes, which has led to cost escalation of 355% and resulted into further aggravation of the problem. The delays listed out include limited or no action on establishment of a trialcum-demonstration (TCD) farm, coastal land reclamation, gully plugging or building small dams and the slow pace of afforestatio...Read More