Monitoring Agencies for Jnnurm

Under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission(JNNURM), the Govt. has made the provision for setting up Independent Review and Monitoring Agencies (IRMA) at the State with the mandate to visit and review the project at the pre-construction stage, construction stage and commissioning and post construction stage. The Government has approved the proposal for setting up of IRMA in the 26 States as per details annexed. This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Urban Development, Shri Saugata Roy in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

He said that the report of the IRMA is project specific and major observations reported by IRMA relates mainly to quality of construction material used, delay in project progress, cost escalation, monitoring of progress of projects etc. In respect of quality of construction material used most IRMA reports have observed that it meets the specifications; records submitted indicate adequacy as regards strength and frequency of tests; raw material and mix designs are found satisfactory. Some IRMA reports have reported on the reasons for delay in implementation of projects. The delay is mostly on account of shifting of utilities, permission for cutting trees, getting approval from traffic department, land acquisition, stay due to court order, removal of encroachments and delay in tendering process. In some projects IRMA reports indicate that PERT & BAR charts have not been prepared leading to difficulty in monitoring the progress of projects.

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