Road transports sector lags in projects execution
as many as 407 projects running behind schedule in road transport, highways sector followed by railways with 114 and petroleum sector with 86 projects: Govt report
New Delhi: The road transport and highways sector has the maximum number of delayed projects at 407, followed by railways at 114 and the petroleum industry at 86, showed a government report. In the road transport and highways sector, 407 out of 717 projects are delayed. For railways, out of 173 projects, 114 are delayed, while in the petroleum sector, 86 out of 146 projects are running behind schedule, as per the latest flash report on infrastructure projects for February 2023.
The Infrastructure and Project Monitoring Division (IPMD) is mandated to monitor central sector infrastructure projects costing Rs150 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. It is delayed by 276 months. The second-most delayed project is the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail project, which is delayed by 247 months.