460 Delayed Road Transport And National Highways Projects Cost Increased And Railway Projects Are Also Running Late

Government Project: Maximum 460 projects are pending in road transport and highway sector. After this, 117 railway projects and 90 projects in the petroleum sector are running late. This information has been received from a government report.

According to the January 2023 report on infrastructure sector projects, 460 out of 749 projects in the road transport and highways sector are delayed. Out of 173 railway projects, 117 are running behind schedule. At the same time, 90 out of 152 projects in the petroleum sector are running behind schedule. The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD) monitors central sector projects costing more than Rs 150 crore. IPMD comes under the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation.

Which project is behind

The report shows that Munirabad-Mahbubnagar rail project is the most delayed project. It is 276 months behind schedule.

The second most delayed project is the Udhampur-Srinagar-Barapula rail project. There is a delay of 247 months in this. In addition, the Belapur-Seawood urban electrification double line project is 228 months behind schedule. The January 2023 report details 1,454 central sector projects with a cost of Rs 150 crore or more.

As per the report, 871 projects are behind their original schedule. At the same time, there are 272 projects in which the delay period has increased further as compared to the previous month. Out of these 272 projects, 59 are huge ie projects worth more than Rs 1000 crore.

The cost of 749 late projects of road transport has increased.

Regarding the road transport and highways sector, the report said that the original cost of implementation of 749 projects was Rs 4,09,053.84 crore, which is now estimated to increase to Rs 4,27,518.41 crore. In this way, the cost of these projects is estimated to increase by 4.5 percent. Till January 2023, Rs 2,34,935.32 crore has been spent on these projects, which is 55 per cent of the original cost.

How much did the cost of Late 173 project of Railways increase?

Similarly, the original cost of implementation of 173 projects in the railway sector was Rs 3,72,761.45 crore, which was later revised to Rs 6,26,632.52 crore. In this way, their cost has increased by 68.1 percent. Rs 3,72,172.64 crore or 59.4 per cent of the estimated cost of the projects has been spent on these projects till January 2023.

How much has the cost of late projects in the petroleum sector increased?

The original cost of implementation of 152 projects in the petroleum sector was Rs 3,78,090.07 crore, but later it was increased to Rs 3,96,608.48 crore. The cost of these projects increased by 4.9 per cent. Till January 2023, Rs 1,49,364.38 crore or 37.7 per cent of their estimated cost has been spent on these projects.

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