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THE National Gas Company (NGC) has spent $47.4 million on litigation tied to the Beetham Water Recycling Plant, with the bulk paid to local and British attorneys, according to documents obtained by Newsday.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar revealed that attorneys billed NGC $42 million for a single case while speaking at a public meeting to mark her government’s first 100 days in office, using the opportunity to warn ministers, MPs, state enterprise heads, financial institutions and regional corporations against corruption and inefficiency.

The Ministry of Finance’s investments division reported that NGC’s legal bill for the wastewater plant totalled $47,378,210.28, with claims amounting to US$65.5 million.