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- - vSlca an mancla per ormance <strong>of</strong>completedjlrojects, 1995-96
Physical performance Fiscal performance
Compl
(Net area in hal
Cost!
(Rs. lakhs) etion
Name <strong>of</strong> the
Achieve
ha.
Orig. Rev. Cost
time
project Target (%) (Iakhs)
ment est. est. esc. (%) (years)
Chalakudy 26680 18530 69 188 188 0.2 0.11 9
Peechi 17555 15262 87 235 235 0.0 0.15 12
Malampuzha 29463 19802 67 388 580 50.0 0.29 17
Neyyar 16042 8300 52 248 461 86.0 0.55 22
Pothundy 8792 4685 53 234 234 0.1 0.50 13
Gavathri 7651 4880 64 220 220 0.0 0.45 14
Walayar 4536 3752 83 92 1'1 J_ 43.1 0.35 II
Vazhani 3565 2113 59 100 100 0.0 0.47 11
Mangalam 4816 3313 69 45 106 135.6 0.32 13
Cheerakuzhi 2268 9-' )- 42 91 91 0.0 0.96 16
Pampa 21135 20710 98 348 6340 1555.6 3.06 29
Perfyar Valley 32800 30567 93 383 6300 l7l1.5 2.06 37
Chitturpuzha 15700 16102 103 106 2080 1862.3 1.29 32
Kuttiadi 14570 14111 97 496 55000 1008.9 3.89 31
Grand total 205573 163079 79 3174 22567 611.0 1.39 19.08
Source: Government <strong>of</strong> Kerala. Economic ReVIew. variOus years.
The performance <strong>of</strong> on-going schemes has been far from satisfactory (table 5.4) as
the rate <strong>of</strong> achievement was only 22 per cent resulting in a cost escalation to the
extent <strong>of</strong> 16:;3 per ccnt. Irrigated area expansiun had taken place only in the casc <strong>of</strong>
four schemes. the lowest being in the Kallada scheme (49.35 %). In the rest <strong>of</strong> the
schemes. no achie\ement had taken place eyen after 20 years with costs rising above
50Cio per cent in the case <strong>of</strong> two schemes and above 2400 per cent in 5 cases. The
cumulativc cost <strong>of</strong> infrastructun: development is more than rupees one lakh in 9 <strong>of</strong>
the 15 schemes. It is important to note that this expenditure became unproductive in
the absence <strong>of</strong> any commensurate addition to irrigated area. The time-lag appears to
he enormous in the on-going schemes. It is almost Jlluhk to that <strong>of</strong> the compkkd
schemes. with an average lag <strong>of</strong> 23.6 years. Mention must be made <strong>of</strong> two schemt:s.
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