Five hundred sixty-eight projects completed

Keralam Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan said his government has successfully completed five hundred sixty-eight of five hundred eighty-eight projects planned under a one hundred-day action plan launched on July one this year.

Ninety-six point five percent completion rate

Progress on the remaining twenty projects has exceeded ninety percent. Satheesan said that completing ninety-six point five percent of the projects gives the government confidence to take up and complete more projects.

“That we could complete 96.5% of the projects gives the government confidence to take up and complete more projects”

Department-by-department breakdown

Thirty-nine of forty-two projects completed in Electronics and IT, twenty-nine of thirty in Public Works, nineteen of twenty in Local Self Government, twenty-one of twenty-three in Water Resources, twenty-six of thirty-two in Health and Family…

Delays blamed on external factors

Satheesan said departments are not to blame for delays. In the Home department, equipment for the Fire and Rescue Service from Finland arrived late, though all procedures had been completed beforehand.

“In the case of the Home department, for instance, there was delay in the arrival of equipment for the Fire and Rescue Service from Finland. All the procedures had been completed.”

Original plan had six hundred two projects

The government originally aimed for six hundred two projects but removed some after a review. The government opened a portal for real-time tracking of the projects.

New mission to clear pending files

Satheesan announced Janasparsham, a File Adalat lasting from October fifteen to December thirty-one to dispose of pending files. Pending files include two point seven six lakh e-files. The adalats are a step towards data-driven governance.