Chandigarh, Nov. 8 -- Launched with much fanfare by Union home minister Amit Shah in August 2024, the 24x7 water supply project in Manimajra has failed to achieve the desired results, with the Chandigarh administration already mulling scrapping the project considering its poor performance.

In the latest development, the office of the Director General of Audit, New Delhi, will be conducting a comprehensive audit, spanning four days, on the feasibility study of the water supply project, executed under the Smart City Mission of Chandigarh.

On October 26, city member Parliament (MP) Manish Tewari had written to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), K Sanjay Murthy, demanding a comprehensive performance audit of the project, pa...