The ongoing financial crisis, coupled with the draught-like situation in the state, has finally taken its toll on the overall spending by the state government on development works. Faced with a grave financial situation, the Democratic Front (DF) government has decided to cut its expenditure by 35 per cent for the current financial year of 2012-13.

As state decides to cut down on spendings, development works such as roads, bridges, power, water resources and infrastructure will take a back seat. Representation pic