Road transport and highways sector has maximum number of delayed projects: Report
The Hindu
In the road transport and highways sector, 428 out of 724 projects are delayed, as per the latest flash report on infrastructure projects for December 2022
The road transport and highways sector has the maximum number of delayed projects at 428, followed by railways at 117 and the petroleum industry at 88, showed a government report.
In the road transport and highways sector, 428 out of 724 projects are delayed. In railways, out of 173 projects, 117 are delayed, while in the petroleum sector, 88 out of 158 projects are running behind schedule, as per the latest flash report on infrastructure projects for December 2022.
The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD) is mandated to monitor central sector infrastructure projects costing ₹150 crore and above based on the information provided on the Online Computerised Monitoring System (OCMS) by the project implementing agencies.
The IPMD comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.
The report showed that the Muneerabad-Mahaboobnagar rail project is the most delayed project. It is delayed by 276 months.
The second-most delayed project is the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail project, which is delayed by 247 months.
The third-most delayed project, Belapur-Seawood-Urban Electrified Double Line, is running 228 months behind schedule.
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