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Claiming that the city government could only utilise Rs 22 crore out of Rs 6,000 crore as it failed to submit project reports on time,he said if the government would have been able to get access to the fund then citizens could have been saved from increased taxes and tariffs.

8220;The government could utilise only Rs 22 crore out of Rs 6,000 crore allotted by the Central Government,8221; he said in a statement.

However,he did not explain the source of the figures.

Khurana also slammed the government for increasing VAT on a number of items including CNG and diesel as well as for deciding to increase the road tax on cars and bikes.