MEPMA project director N Prakasa Rao, who was then MPDO, had paid bills for the construction of toilets under Swachh Bharat Mission in Venkatapuram panchayat in Eluru rural mandal. The New Indian Express exposed the misuse of funds in the construction of toilets and also unmasked the corrupt officials, who showed already constructed toilets as new ones and billed those under the Swachh Bharat Mission. The Collector reacting to the news item published in The New Indian Express dated August 20, 2017, suspended AE and five secretaries on September 4.
