March 20, 2002

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DELAYED PROJECTS

    The proposal to constitute Dispute Resolution Board for all major projects has not been agreed to by the Government. Therefore, the existing provision for resolution of disputes as per the amended Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 will continue.

    As on 31-12-2001, 458 projects are under implementation which are on monitor of Project Monitoring Division of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Of these, 148 projects are running behind schedule with respect to their revised approved schedule. The reasons for delay varies from project to project. In general, these are:- administrative and procedural delays, delay in land acquisition, delay in award of work contracts, failure of civil contractors, delay in supply of equipment and construction and faulty implementation procedures.

    There are 34 projects which have not been able to progress due to various reasons and have been frozen.