PM Modi to officials: Don't wait for me, fix project delays

NEW DELHI: PM Modi has told apical bureaucrats and authorities main secretaries to find ways to hole delays successful infrastructure projects alternatively than hold for him to reappraisal and hole accountability for delays.Chairing the web-based Pragati gathering connected Wednesday, Modi asked if immoderate disciplinary proceedings had been initiated against erring officials, sources said. "In astir each Pragati meeting, the PM urges america to guarantee timely completion of projects and hole responsibility. He has besides suggested states to person a reappraisal mechanics similar those of 'Pragati' to show and resoluteness issues," said an official. Adopt an attack that advances goals of easiness of living, easiness of doing business: PM Modi During Pragati meeting, TOI learnt, Cabinet Secretary T V Somananthan presented a advancement study connected steps taken by Centre and states to expedite projects delayed by decades, including the 83-km Nangal Dam-Talwara-Mukerian caller railway enactment successful Punjab and North Koel Reservoir task successful Bihar and Jharkhand.PM Narendra Modi had reviewed these projects successful the past Pragati gathering of June and had instructed officials to enactment them connected the docket of Wednesday's meeting. Each of these has seen delays stretching backmost decades."The PM urged officials to enactment retired strategies for amended coordination to resoluteness issues truthful that determination is nary hold successful task execution," said an official. "There has been a inclination that each officials and agencies acrophobic expedite each approvals and clearances erstwhile immoderate task is included for reappraisal astatine a Pragati meeting.

The PM wanted this to beryllium a earthy process," said the official.A connection from PMO said Modi urged officials astatine some cardinal and authorities levels to follow a result-oriented approach, translating opportunities into improved prime of beingness for people, portion besides advancing goals of easiness of surviving for citizens and easiness of doing concern for enterprises."The PM reiterated that delays successful execution enforce a treble outgo - often escalating task expenditure and besides depriving citizens of timely entree to indispensable services and infrastructure," the PMO said. It added that Modi emphasised that states and UTs should besides acceptable up a mechanics astatine their level for regular reappraisal and monitoring of flagship projects to resoluteness bottlenecks and decorativeness projects connected time.