Dhaka, Jan. 25 -- Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud on Sunday said poor planning, inflated cost estimates and repeated delays are causing large-scale wastage of public resources.

"From the very beginning, we have faced problems in implementing development projects. In almost all cases, projects had to be sent back for scrutiny and re-examination," he told reporters after a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC).

He said almost all development projects required re-verification after submission, exposing fundamental flaws in the country's project preparation capacity.

The adviser said such verification revealed significant scope for cost savings with savings reaching as high as Tk 3,000 crore in s...