VIJAYAWADA: The State government on Tuesday cancelled as many as 3,543 road works worth Rs 1,031.17 crore under Panchayat Raj department. Principal Secretary (Panchayat Raj and Rural Development) Gopal Krishna Dwivedi released orders to this effect.
The government is of the view that a number of engineering works were sanctioned earlier in violation of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) norms, resulting in huge burden on the State exchequer. The government wants to review the ongoing projects on the ground that priorities had not been followed.
