Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- The Covid-19 pandemic seriously affected the development project execution by the relevant government agencies during July-October period of the fiscal year (FY) 2020-21, officials said on Wednesday.

The agencies managed to spend only 12.79 per cent of Tk 2.14 trillion Annual Development Programme (ADP) outlay in the first four months of the current fiscal, the government data showed.

The ADP implementation performance of the government agencies was as low as 11 per cent during the same period of FY'2016, according to the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED).

The ADP implementation rate picked up in FY' 2017 and it improved in the next four years.

However, the implementation rate plunged in the cu...