A Planning Commission official informed that the government has taken several steps to issues in the implementation of PPP projects in road and other sectors.
In an interview to a leading media, the official elaborated that the government brought road projects outside the ambit of the Indian Forest Act, 1927, following a Supreme Court order. Also, construction companies are now allowed to exit the project.
Earlier, there was a two-year moratorium. So, the government is trying to revive the entire system, the official is quoted as saying.
The government took these measures amidst criticism that infrastructure development through public-private partnership (PPP) route has not been very successful with a large number of road and rail projects remaining incomplete.
In the railway sector, the major problem is under-funding, the official is learnt to have said. One example of delay in clearing rail projects is the Tori-Shibpur-Hazaribagh coal connectivity under the East Central Railway.
It was delayed by almost six to seven years for want of forest clearances. Of late, it received the Stage II clearance for the track from Tori to Shibpur.
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