Economic damage of more than S/79,000 detected in the contracting of the Binational PE Lake Titicaca

Puno. The General Comptroller's Office detected an economic loss of S/79,217 in the Binational Special Project Lake Titicaca, caused by officials who approved extensions of deadlines without technical support in the installation of the pumping system, water level control, and connection to the technical irrigation network, a work intended to address the water deficit in the region. The fact is related to direct contracting no. 05-2023-Midagri-PEBLT-1, corresponding to the service executed under the Emergency Decree no. 030-2023, which assigned a budget of S/3,150,032 to this intervention. According to Compliance Audit Report no. 022-2025-2-0804-AC, it was identified that the entity approved a deadline extension of 10 days without technical support or documentation to back it up, which allowed the avoidance of a penalty for late payment amounting to S/50,473.13. Furthermore, it was evident that an official granted a second deadline extension of 10 days in the compliance document of ...