Eight prominent municipal corporations in Gujarat managing more than Rs2 lakh crore in public funds have not undergone audits for multiple years, reveals a report from The New Indian Express , based on information obtained using the Right to Information (RTI) Act. The revelation highlights how statutory requirements have been disregarded, legislative monitoring has been circumvented, and citizens have been left uninformed about the expenditure of their tax money. These eight civic bodies—located in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Surat, and Vadodara—have not been audited for periods spanning several years, according to information obtained from the director of the local fund accounts office. Auditing Gaps Across Major Cities The RTI response

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