Lucknow, June 15 -- Of the 11 projects sanctioned to UP State Bridge Corporation for the state capital, only a few have, so far, reached even the halfway mark in terms of their physical completion, as per official data.

While their budgets collectively exceed Rs.1,700 crore, the progress rate of several of these projects was stuck between 2% and 30%, raising questions about whether these projects will meet their deadlines or repeat the state's familiar pattern of missing targets amid cost escalations.

As per the current data on these projects, which were accessed by HT, the Dilkusha-Malhaur railway overbridge (ROB), sanctioned in July 2023 with a massive outlay of Rs.126.87 crore, has achieved just 2% progress even as its deadline ends ...