Bhubaneswar, Dec. 3 -- A day after the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reported massive irregularities in Biju Setu Yojana (BSY), the Opposition has slammed the Odisha government over the matter on Saturday.

As per the CAG audit report, 41 per cent of the bridges under BSY have not been completed due to delay in finalisation of tender, deficiencies in survey resulting in changes in design, failure in resolving land issues and slow pace works by contractors. As a result, people in the area are going through a tough time.

The CAG report, tabled in the Odisha Assembly stated that the State government had planned to complete 793 bridge projects during 2017 to 2021 out of which only 473 were completed, which is 59%. The scheme was laun...