The Office of the Auditor General has made its 59th annual report public. The report also instructed to recover the amount not spent per the rules. People’s representative of a village municipality of Sarlahi has misused government funds to distribute sarees.

It is mentioned in the annual report of the Auditor General that Basbariya Village Municipality Sarlahi has purchased and distributed 1.6 million sarees through the people’s representatives. This type of expenditure needs to be controlled, the report said.

Similarly, it has also been stated that people’s representatives are not lagging behind to take facilities that are not mentioned in the act. Buddh Shanti Village Municipality has spent Rs 1.3 million rupees this year by providing smartphones for 14 officers and employees. The 59th report of the Auditor General mentions that the amount written for the expenses of facilities not written in the Act should be recovered.

At present, a lot has been spent on vehicles in local bodies. It has been found that some local bodies have purchased vehicles while some are renting them.

Naumule village municipality Dailekh has written an expenditure of Rs. 2.4 million 55 thousand for renting a vehicle. It is said that it is irregular to write the rent expenses for the purpose.