To prevent cost and the time overrun, the state government has issued directions for completion of all ongoing projects costing Rs 25 crore or above by the end of the current fiscal in March 2018.
As much as 75 percent of the work has been completed in these projects. The projects are related sports, tourism, agriculture research and education, jail, medical and health and technical education departments.
Chief Secretary Rajeev Kumar after reviewing the progress of ongoing projects in lucknow on Wednesday, said that all ongoing projects should be completed as per laid down specifications and quality standards.
Kumar directed Principal Secretary and Additional Chief Secretaries of departments concerned to ensure that release of financial sanctions for these projects were not delayed. The officials were also asked to hold periodic review of progress of work with officials of government’s agencies implementing the project. Kumar said that he would review the progress of all ongoing projects after a month.
For Sports department, the Chief Secretary said that work on the international sports complex in Faizabad, sports complex in Rampur and Sports College in Fatehpur be completed by the end of March, 2018.
On projects of Tourism department where construction of bathing ghat on river Ganga at Garhmukteshwar (Hapur) is underway and Taj Orientation Centre and Shilpgram and Mughal museum in Agra, Kumar said that these projects be completed by the end of cirrent fiscal.
On projects under Agriculture, Education and Research department, the Chief Secretary stressed that work on Agriculture Engineering and Technology College at Etawah by CSA University Kanpur, College of Agri-business Management by Agriculture IUniversity of Faizabad, Veterinary College at Agriculture University of Meerut, Agriculture College at Azamgarh, Veterinary College at Banda, Agriculture College at lakhimpur Kheri, be completed by end of March, 2018.
The other projects which are to be completed within timeframe of this fiscal are District Jails in Ambedkarnagar, Chitrakoot, Shravasti, Etawah, Sant Kabir Nagar.
Under Technical Education department, ongoing projects are Kanshiram Engineering College of Information Technology at Ambedkarnagar, Engineering Colleges in Mainpuri, Azamgarh, Kannauj, Sonebhadra, Basti, Gonda, Mirzapur and Indian Institute of Information Technology at Chakgajaria in lucknow.
Ongoing projects under Medical and Health department are construction of 100-bed hospital in Kanpur, Hardoi and Auraiya, 300-bed divisional hospital at Faizabad, upgradation of 200-bed hospital of Bahriach to a 300-bed hospital.
The Chief Secretary also reviewed progress of ongoing projects under Commercial Tax, Forest, Animal Husbandry, Non- Conventional Energy, Civil Aviation, Secondary Education, law, Estate and Housing and Rural Development departments and officials were asked to ensure completion of projects by March, 2018.