FOR the first time in recent memory, implementation of the annual
development plan (ADP) has gone down in an election year. Prior
experience shows that every elected government speeds up implementation
of projects, particularly priority ones, when a general election draws
near. Not this time round. We are alarmed to find that the highest rate
of implementation stands at a mere 15 per cent by local government,
while health and family welfare takes the cake for second lowest
implementation at 2 per cent.To put it more bluntly, of the 54 ministries in government, 22
implemented approximately 0 – 2 per cent of their allocations. Naturally
the slow pace with which some of the biggest projects in the power
sector are being implemented has become a major headache for
policymakers. Even more embarrassing is the fact that the Padma Bridge
project that received the third largest allocation in the budget has
managed to expend a mere 0.13 per cent of its allocation.We are distressed that infrastructure has taken such a bad hit. The
sorry state of roads and highways hardly need to be highlighted. Yet
when we find that the roads division has managed to implement only 5 per
cent of the development budget of one of the most crucial projects of
the country, i.e. the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane, there is little left
to be said. The overall situation points to a reduced capacity of the
ministries to implement development programmes timely and that does not
admit of any excuse.
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