CAG flags Meerut official's allotting self 30k-sq-ft bungalow

A former vice-chairman of the Meerut Development Authority (MDA) is under the scanner for approving a lavish bunglow for himself while he was in office.

The CAG flagged Rajesh Kumar Yadav for approving a plush 30,000-square foot bungalow with a swimming pool, gym, sauna, and snooker and table tennis rooms when he was in office. He was entitled to a square footage of just below 2,500, according to the TOI report.

The area was over 12 times what the vice-chairman was entitled to. More than Rs 8 crore was spent - the land had cost over Rs 5 crore and construction nearly Rs 3 crore - when the project was dropped in December 2016.


Construction began in May 2015.

Yadav is now special secretary (sports) in the UP government.

The CAG flagged the "imprudent" plan in its audit report on the 'Economic Sector & Public Sector Undertakings, government of Uttar Pradesh' that was tabled in the assembly on Thursday.

In two orders of 2009 and 2011, the UP government had decided on the 2,426-square foot cap for residences of officials in bracket to which the vice-chairman of MDA belongs. The approval for an official's residence comes from the MDA board, where the vice-chairman comes after divisional commissioner. In 2013 and 2014, Yadav was MDA secretary and in 2015 and 2016, the vice-chairman.