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| JK drained thousands of crores of central funds over incomplete projects | | Dilatory governance, non- serious approach cited as primary reasons | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, May 13: The dilatory mode of governance in Jammu and Kashmir is taking a heavy toll upon the vital developmental projects particularly those being funded by the central government with thousands of crores getting lost to delay and mismanagement.
A high level meeting convened recently by the government has expressed shock over the delay done for years in implementation of the centrally funded schemes and projects and how the past regimes were least concerned over such irregular mode of governance.
In respect of six projects of Public Works Department (PWD), 41 projects of PHE and six projects of PDD divisions, the cost was revised upwards by a whooping Rs 224.92 crores. However, there were no specific reasons given over the revising of the costs of the pending projects.
The documents reveal that for public works in Jammu region of the state, the number of incomplete projects was 574, sanctioned at the cost of Rs 2452.69 crores, The cost was later revised to the tune of Rs 2518.93 crores, resulting the extra expenditure of Rs 1328.10 crores.
In Power Development Department Jammu, the total number of incomplete projects was 30 for which Rs 525.29 crores were sanctioned. Owing to the incompletion of these projects, their costs were later revised to Rs 655.53 crores, resulting in an extra expenditure of Rs 401.16 crores.
In Public Health Engineering Jammu, the total number of incomplete projects were 56 in number. These projects were sanctioned at the cost of Rs 81.92 crores. The cost of these projects was revised to Rs 110.36, hence the extra expenditure incurred upon these projects of PHE was 69.63 crore rupees.
In the department of Irrigation and Flood Control Kashmir, there were 11 incomplete projects, sanctioned at the cost of Rs 77.48 crore.
Meanwhile, be it the construction of roads, bridges or building power infrastructure, delay has become synonymous to the functioning in Jammu and Kashmir. In the power sector, upgrade of transmission lines and construction of several hydel power projects were earlier obstructed. Two years ago, work on the 850-MW Ratle project on Chenab river at Drabshalla in Kishtwar district was stopped as those who were accorded the project stated that the "atmosphere around the site was insecure.'' The company was forced to do this after people entered its site offices "and harassed the staff demanding employment. At present even, the snail’s pace of work on this multi crore project is raising several eye brows in the state.
Moreover, the four-laning of the 300-km Jammu-Srinagar highway was delayed due to land acquisition issues at the 67.7-km Srinagar-Banihal section. The contract was awarded in September 2010 to a consortium of Ramky Infrastructure (74 per cent stake) and China's Jiangsu Provincial Transportation Engineering Group Co Ltd. The venture had to design, build, finance, operate and transfer the project on an annuity basis. |
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