New Delhi, June 24 -- Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairperson KC Venugopal on Wednesday expressed serious concerns over financial mismanagement and a 12-year delay in the construction of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences (ANIIMS), following a PAC meeting where the region's Chief Secretary failed to appear.

Speaking to ANI, Venugopal said, "The agenda relates to the audit report on Union Territories like the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Chandigarh. The Chief Secretary of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands did not attend...the discussion was regarding the audit of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Institute of Medical Sciences and Chandigarh Welfare Board," he said.

Venogopal said that the Home Secretary has ...