Governance & Administration · India
How did the Dimapur-Kohima rail cost jump almost eight-fold?
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The cost of the strategically important Dimapur-Kohima railway line has ballooned nearly eightfold to Rs 6,663.20 crore from its original sanctioned estimate of Rs 850 crore, with Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) attributing the massive escalation to deficient project planning, faulty surveys, irregular land acquisition, repeated design changes, weak contract management and avoidable procurement decisions.
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Underreported across 1 source desk.
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