Infrastructure Projects: the Opposition Fears Overspending

The Supplementary Appropriation (2013) Bill, which provides an additional sum of Rs 2.5 billion to get to meet the expenditure for the 2013 financial year was passed in Parliament on Tuesday, December 10. Of this amount, Rs 1.2 billion will be allocated to the construction of drains to reduce the risk of flooding, Rs 1 billion for the implementation of the report of Pay Research Bureau and Rs 300 million for the construction and repair of roads through the country. Therefore, the estimated expenditure for this year will exceed the original estimate by Rs 1.4 billion. What raised eyebrows opposition.

Purple MP Kee Chong Li Kwong Wing reacted strongly indicating that increasing the amount for these projects will inevitably increase the budget deficit. He said that, with no Risk Management Committee to assess the risks associated with certain projects, overspending increase.

Besides these additional amounts were primarily due to delays in finalizing the work and renewal of contracts to contractors " incompetent . " And example is the construction of the road Terre Rouge-Verdun, with works that cost twice the amount originally planned.

MMM MP also highlighted the lack of effective management in construction projects drains. He pointed out that, to avoid overspending, work for the construction of drains should be done at the same time as the construction of roads. We must, he says, a master plan for the drainage system before disbursing any money.

The anecdote during these exchanges comments that have blended to welcome back Grand silversmith in Parliament. It is " the return of the prodigal son , "then launched the member Li Chong Kee Kwong Wing, mocking ...