448 infrastructure projects show cost overruns worth Rs 4.02 lakh crore

As many as 448 infrastructure projects, each worth Rs 150 crore or more, have been hit by cost overruns totalling more than Rs 4.02 lakh crore, according to a report. The Ministr y of Statistics and Programme Implementation monitors infrastructure projects worth Rs 150 crore and above. Of the 1,739 such projects, 448 reported cost overruns and 539 were delayed.