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INFRASTRUCTURE The road transport and highways sector has the maximum number their original schedules and 272 projects have reported additional
ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS SECTOR HAS MAXIMUM
NUMBER OF DELAYED PROJECTS
delays vis-a-vis their date of completion reported in the previous
month. Of these 272 projects, 59 are mega projects costing 1,000
of delayed projects at 460, followed by railways at 117 and the
crore and above.
About the road transport and highways sector, the report stated
petroleum industry at 90, showed a government report. In the road
that the total original cost of implementation of 749 projects when
transport and highways sector, 460 out of 749 projects are delayed.
sanctioned was of the order of `4,09,053.84 crore, but this was
In railways, out of 173 projects, 117 are delayed, while in the
petroleum sector, 90 out of 152 projects are running behind
schedule, as per the latest flash report on infrastructure projects
overrun of 4.5 per cent. The expenditure incurred on these projects
till January 2023 was `2,34,935.32 crore, which was 55 per cent of
for January 2023. The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division subsequently anticipated at `4,27,518.41 crore, implying a cost
(IPMD) is mandated to monitor central sector infrastructure projects the anticipated cost of the projects.
costing `150 crore and above based on the information provided Similarly, in railways, the total original cost of implementation of 173
on the Online Computerised Monitoring System (OCMS) by the projects when sanctioned was of the order of `3,72,761.45 crore
project implementing agencies. The IPMD comes under the but this was subsequently anticipated to rise to `6,26,632.52 crore,
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. implying a cost overrun of 68.1 per cent. The expenditure incurred
The report showed that the Muneerabad-Mahaboobnagar rail on these projects till January 2023 was `3,72,172.64 crore, which
project is the most delayed project. It is delayed by 276 months. was 59.4 per cent of the anticipated cost of the projects.
The second-most delayed project is the Udhampur-Srinagar- About the petroleum sector, it said the total original cost of
Baramulla rail project, which is delayed by 247 months. The implementation of 152 projects when sanctioned was of the order
third-most delayed project, Belapur-Seawood-Urban Electrified of `3,78,090.07 crore, but this was subsequently anticipated to
Double Line, is running 228 months behind schedule. The flash increase to `3,96,608.48 crore, implying a cost overrun of 4.9 per
report for January 2023 contains information on the status of the cent. The expenditure incurred on these projects till January 2023
1,454 central sector infrastructure projects costing Rs 150 crore was `1,49,364.38 crore, which was 37.7 per cent of the anticipated
and above. As many as 871 projects are delayed with respect to cost of the projects.

DELHI-DEHRADUN EXPRESSWAY TO BE COMPLETE BY DEC END visited the Ashram to take part in a Ganga Aarti along with family
The construction work of the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway will said the all-weather road project will make year-round Char Dham
be complete by the end of December this year, reducing the Yatra possible. “Char Dham Yatra goes on for six months at present.
journey time between the two cities to two hours, Minister of Road But, once the all-weather road project is complete, devotees can
Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said. “Work on the Delhi- visit the Himalayan temples throughout the year,” he said. Work
Dehradun Expressway project will be over by December end and on the ropeway project in Kedarnath whose foundation stone was
from January 1 next year people will be travelling from Dehradun laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October, 2022 has also
to Delhi in just two hours,” Gadkari said during a visit to Parmarth begun, he said. The 12.97-km ropeway, the longest in the world at
Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh recently. A journey from Dehradun to an altitude of 11,500 feet, will go from Sonprayag to the Himalayan
Delhi at present takes around six hours. The union minister who temple.

POWER GRID WINS PROJECT TO BUILD TRANSMISSION SYSTEM IN through Tariff Based Competitive Bidding. This will help strengthen
RAJASTHAN the transmission infrastructure and enable the evacuation of power
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited has successfully won generated from the solar energy zones in Rajasthan. It’s a significant
the bid to establish an inter-state transmission system for the step towards achieving India’s renewable energy targets and
‘Transmission System Strengthening Scheme for Evacuation of promoting sustainable development. The LoI pertains to a project
Power from Solar Energy Zones in Rajasthan (8.1 GW) under Phase- which involves setting up a 765kV D/c Transmission Line in the State
II Part-E’ on a Build, Own, Operate, and Maintain (BOOM) basis of Rajasthan, along with relevant Line Bays.

BENGALURU-MYSURU EXPRESSWAY IMPORTANT PROJECT, WILL
CONTRIBUTE TO KARNATAKA’S GROWTH
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said the Bengaluru-
Mysuru Expressway was an important connectivity project that will
contribute to Karnataka’s growth trajectory. The expressway is set
for inauguration soon. Modi tagged a tweet by Minister of Road
Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari who said the construction of
the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway, which encompasses a portion
of NH-275, entails the development of four rail overbridges, nine
significant bridges, 40 minor bridges, and 89 underpasses and
overpasses. “An important connectivity project which will contribute
to Karnataka’s growth trajectory,” Modi said of the project.

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