PWD whips up Rs. 3,000-crore projects, just in time for polls.

A week after Home Minister Rajnath Singh told government departments to submit a list of their ongoing projects, a review meeting of all departments was held recently by the chief secretary of Delhi.

It now turns out that just the Public Works Department (PWD) has come up with new projects worth Rs. 3,000 crore, foundation stones for which are to be laid before December in the run up to Delhi elections.

Sources said PWD and three Municipal Corporations of Delhi account for the maximum number of ongoing government department projects. The corporations, sources said, account for between Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 1,500 crore, while other departments have relatively smaller numbers.

Sources said once the list is finalised, it will be submitted to the Lieutenant-Governor, who will review and submit it to Home Minister Rajnath Singh. Singh will then decide which minister or Member of Parliament will lay the foundation stone of each of the projects.

THE INDIAN EXPRESS