Caught in politics? Two Saifai projects incomplete for years

Those aware of the development said the tourism department did not provide more funds or approve the revised estimates following a change of government in 2017

- Umesh Raghuvanshi

LUCKNOW: Two projects -- a tourist complex and a multi-level parking facility -- have remained incomplete in Etawah district's Saifai years after they were sanctioned, leading to speculation whether political considerations were behind their fate.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report tabled in the state legislative assembly early this week, has drawn attention to the two incomplete projects for which Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (UPRNN) was nominated as the executing agency.

The state government's tourism department had approved the construction of the tourist complex at Saifai (in March 2016) at an estimated cost of Rs 28.93 crore and a multi-level parking there at an estimated cost of Rs 41.89 crore (January 2017).