‘Mumbai infra projects worth ₹2.63L crore affected by lockdown’

As many as 794 projects worth ₹2.63 lakh crore have been affected owing to the pandemic-ensued lockdown in Mumbai, a survey by project-monitoring organization Projects Today shows. Of the 794, 73% were government projects, while 26% were private projects, majorly real-estate developments.

Apart from Mumbai, the top cities where projects have been affected include 539 projects in Bengaluru (worth ₹1.06 lakh crore), 607 in Pune (worth ₹89 thousand crore), 117 in Nagpur (worth ₹88 thousand crore) and 87 in Nellore (worth ₹71 thousand crore). “Together the five cities account for 29.3% of the total projects under execution in 108 hotspot districts,” the report ‘Projects Scenario Post Covid-19’ notes.