The Public Works Department (PWD) is struggling to raise funds for the next financial year as it looks to complete projects worth Rs 59,112 crore sanctioned during the previous coalition government.
The department is also in a fix on announcing new projects in the upcoming budget and on completing the ongoing repair works in flood-affected regions of the state.
Sources say that cancelling works, which were sanctioned beyond budgetary allocations, would result in severe losses to the state government as it would lead to damage claims by contractors besides increasing the cost of a project four times than its original cost.
According to Deputy Chief Minister and PWD Minister Govind Karjol, works worth Rs 59,112 crore were sanctioned against an allocation of around Rs 4,500 crore.
