Author: RAGHAV CHANDRA

The Cost of Hasty Execution The huge expansion in Indian infrastructure stock, lauded globally, belies the tensions of hasty execution. The continuous occurrence of structural shortcomings and casualties, especially during the early days of a project’s delivery, is a matter that merits introspection. The incidents of surface slippage, cracks, subsidence and potholes in the mega-budget, newly commissioned Lucknow-Kanpur, Ganga, Delhi-Dehradun and, earlier, the Delhi-Mumbai Expressways – all inaugurated with spectacular fanfare – should ring alarm bells. The monetary loss may be in crores, but the trust deficit and reputational loss are profound and lasting. On the night of May 3,…