Chandigarh, March 18 -- The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), in a report, has stated that the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation failed to collect Rs.32 crore as compensation from the administration for the land acquired from the Maloya gram panchayat over two decades ago.

The revelation comes amid the civic body's long-standing fund crunch, which has stalled development projects for nearly a year and delayed staff salaries for the past three months.

According to the report, the Chandigarh administration transferred 23 villages in phases (1, 9 and then 13 villages) to the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation (MC) between 1996 and 2018. With this, the MC became responsible for developing these villages and generating revenue thr...