Issues slowing the implementation of projects

♤ Land Acquisition: Like any other infrastructure projects, there are stretches of land that have been difficult to acquire for the government. For example, the western corridor of DFC was to pass through Panvel and then proceed towards Jawaharlal

Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). But acquiring land for DFC has been difficult at Panvel where several other projects are also converging like proposed CST-Panvel fast corridor, upcoming airport at Navi Mumbai, suburban sections on the Virar- Vasai- Diva-Panvel line and finally, construction of the Panvel Coaching complex.

♤ Management change: Frequent management changes and availability of adequate resources at the mid level have been a bane for DFC till date. “The company continues to suffer lack of institutional strength as a result of non-availability of adequate resources at the middle level.

♤ Not enough bidders: Given the conditions set by the Japanese government (which is giving soft loans) and which stipulates involvement of a Japanese partner, the total number of bidders has been low for the Western corridor.

♤ Cancelled Tenders: Cancellation of a tender and iterating the process again have a ripple effect on the overall advancement of the project.