TN to roll out platform for tracking big infra projects

TNEGA to monitor projects across 14 depts; move aims to cut red tape

- C SHIVAKUMAR @ Chennai

IN a move aimed at cutting bureaucratic delays and boosting investor confidence in the state's execution capacity, Tamil Nadu is preparing to roll out a technology platform to track large infrastructure projects in real time.

The project monitoring tool developed by the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency (TNeGA) will cover 370 major projects worth over 100 crore each across 14 government departments. The platform will centralise updates on physical and financial progress and allow inter-departmental bottlenecks to be flagged and resolved quickly. A high-level meeting chaired by Chief Secretary N Muruganandam was held recently to discuss the new project-monitoring system, sources said.