The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation’s latest report has indicated that as many as 437 infrastructure projects, each worth Rs 150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns of over Rs 4.37 lakh crore owing to delays and other reasons. The Ministry monitors infrastructure projects worth Rs 150 crore and above. Of the 1,663 such projects, 437 reported cost overruns and 531 time escalation.
According to the report, total original cost of implementation for the 1,663 projects was Rs 21,09,236.41 crore and their anticipated completion cost is likely to be Rs 25,47,057.52 crore, which reflects overall cost overruns of Rs 4,37,821.11 crore (20.76 per cent of the original cost). The expenditure incurred on these projects till September 2020 stood at Rs 11,61,524.97 crore, which was 45.60 per cent of the anticipated cost. However, it said the number of delayed projects decreases to 430 if delay is calculated on the basis of the latest schedule of completion.
Further, the report said that for 924 projects, neither the year of commissioning nor the tentative gestation period has been reported. Out of the total 531 delayed projects, 122 projects have overall delay in the range of 1-12 months, 128 projects have delay of 13-24 months, 160 reflect delay in the range of 25-60 months, and 121 projects show delays of 61 months and above. The average time overrun in these 531 delayed projects is 43.89 months. The brief reasons for time overruns as reported by various project implementing agencies are delay in land acquisition, delay in obtaining forest/environment clearances and lack of infrastructure support and linkages.
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