Action had not been taken to acquire 546 plots of land of 7,586.39 hectares which were subsequently handed over to the Road Development Authority as at 31 August 2019, official records revealed.
Furthermore, financial statements of the Authority did not state the value of the remaining 164 plots of land to be delivered for the displaced persons and the acquisition of lands for the expressway projects.
The Asset Management and Revenue Division of the Road Development Authority had leased 11 plots of 21.5 acres of land to outsiders an audit query discovered.
The said property was leased on six occasions with no lease agreements and five occasions with lease agreements and there were significant shortcomings of those agreements.
It was revealed that the agreements were entered contrary to the provisions of the National Road Act No. 40 of 2008.
The Authority failed to generate revenue from the property and to keep the property under proper supervision.
Further, the Authority did not have an adequate information system on road reservation and did not implement a proper internal control system for leasing of road reservation.
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