The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday formed an eight-member infrastructure monitoring committee to accelerate implementation of infrastructure and development projects on a priority basis. With infrastructure and industrial development commissioner (IIDC) and principal secretaries of different departments as members, this top-level panel led by the state chief secretary will meet every month.
According to the UP industry department, the panel will not only review implementation of infrastructure projects, but will also mitigate bottlenecks by synchronising functions of various agencies involved.
In UP, numerous projects have been identified in different sectors like metro rail, over-bridges, road, aviation, power, transport, health, education, tourism and urban rejuvenation, which are at various stages of implementation.
The main projects under the public-private partnership (PPP) model, for which developers have already been selected and work is in progress, are the 165-km-long Yamuna Expressway between Greater Noida and Agra, Ganga Expressway, the eight-lane mega project linking Ballia to Greater Noida traversing 1,047 km, and power projects like Bara (1980 Mw capacity) and Karchana (1320 Mw capacity) near Allahabad and input-based franchisee power distribution system in Kanpur and Agra.
The progress of infrastructure projects pertaining to various departments will be directly scrutinised by the IIDC, sources said. IIDC has also been authorised to take steps for monitoring and ensuring time-bound implementation of projects in the public and private sectors as well as various mega infrastructure projects under PPP.
Udyog Bandhu, the state-level infrastructure and industrial facilitation agency, will define the milestones and the corresponding timeframes in respect of all the infrastructure projects.
