Ludhiana, Feb. 4 -- More than 50 objections were flagged during a meeting conducted between officials of the Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) and the Principal Accountant General (Audit) department, Punjab.

During the meeting, serious concerns were raised over the failure of various wings to provide required information and records. Maximum irregularities were flagged in the accounts branch, where the audit pointed out that cash books in several zones were either not updated or contained incorrect entries.

The audit team highlighted that several departments had not submitted replies to pending audit objections despite repeated communications, leading to delays in compliance and raising questions over record management.

During the me...