It's a common scene along India's highways. Commercial vehicles waiting for the allotted times they can drive through already congested cities like Delhi.<br/> <br />Their drivers bored, their cargo delayed, their customers less than pleased.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Hindi) GOODS TRUCK DRIVER, KARNAIL, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We face a lot of problems due to traffic snarls. We have to deliver the goods on time; our clients and bosses keep calling us when get stuck in traffic jams."<br/> <br />Alternative routes are all but non existent. Highway after highway throughout the country look like this... unfinished skeletons waiting to get green lit for completion.<br/> <br />The hold up is inevitably the same-- Chairman of the task force on infrastructure Vinayak Chatterjee explains.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN, CII NATIONAL TASK FORCE ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND CHIEF OF FEEDBACK INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES, VINAYAK CHATTERJEE, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I think the real issue in the infrastructure sector right now is the fact that many projects are stuck, and they are stuck because there is a problem in decision making at the top levels of politicians and bureaucracy. That is the fundamental issue of it."<br/> <br />In a bid to put India's economic development on the fast track , Prime Minister Singh has announced plans for still more infrastructure initiatives.<br/> <br />But without completion of existing projects, some are wondering when the government will stop putting the horse in front of the cart.<br/> <br />Julie Noce, Reuters
