New Delhi The Central Vigilance Commission, involved in probing the alleged corruption in various CommonwealthGames-related projects, has

found discrepancies in tenders and alleged misappropriation amounting to about Rs 8,000 crore. Official sources said the complaints received by the anti-corruption watchdog has already been forwarded to the Chief Vigilance Officers (CVOs) of concerned ministries or departments. They said the discrepancies like payment to non-existent parties, willful delay in execution of contracts, over-inflated price and bungling in purchase of equipment through tendering have been noticed. "The total misappropriation amount may touch a figure of Rs 5,000 to Rs 8,000 crore, which is quite huge and alarming. The Commission is still awaiting reports from various departments and cannot give the exact amount involved in the bunglings," a senior CVC official said requesting anonymity. In reply to an RTI application filed by PTI, the CVC has given details of projects executed by different government agencies where discrepancies have been detected. Complaints regarding alleged embezzlement of Rs 1.5 crore in the purchase of HOVA Courts for Badminton stadium, malpractices in the tender for kitchen equipment installation, misappropriation in video board tenders for remodelling and upgradation of Major DhyanChand National Stadium were received by the CVC and in all cases factual report is awaited from the Sports Ministry, it said. Besides, the matter pertaining to appointments in OC and workforce consultants without adequate qualification and experience has been received and a report is awaited from the Sports ministry, the RTI reply said. The CVC is probing at least 22 more Games-related construction and procurement works carried out by different government agencies here for alleged financial irregularities. Out of the total projects, six were carried out by the Sports Ministry, four by the Delhi Development Authority, three by the Organising Committee and two each by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and Central Public Works Department of the Delhi government. One work each relating to Department of Commerce, Indian Meteorological Department and New Delhi Municipal Council is also being probed, the RTI reply said. The matter regarding alleged manipulation of tenders by Indian Meteorological Department and its senior officers is under investigation by the CVC, it said. A complaint regarding alleged irregularities in awarding contracts for sound system, LED display boards and other communication systems for various Commonwealth Games stadia was also received and inspected by the CVC. Though no amount was mentioned, the reply said CVC has noticed the national exchequer has incurred losses running into several crores of rupees. A report has been called for from the Central Public Works Department on September 8 and is still awaited, the Commission said while responding to the RTI query. An analysis by Chief Technical Examination Wing of CVC had earlier found alleged financial and administrative irregularities in 16 construction and procurement projects. Six of them were done by the PWD, three by the MCD, two each by the CPWD, DDA, NDMC and one by RITES, a government of India enterprise, a CVC report said.

Official sources said a reminder has recently been issued to the CPWD, MCD, DDA and PWD asking them to submit their reports by this month. The move came after Central Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas objected to the "lackadaisical approach" and continuous delay by agencies in submitting replies to the queries raised by the anticorruption watchdog, the sources said. A senior Commission official said that based on their replies, the CVC will give its findings or final report to a committee formed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh headed by former Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) V K Shungl