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Bridge Contract Cancelled for Failing to Meet the Minimum Speed of Bureaucratic Sloth

10 February 2026 - Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Record date
10 Feb 2026
Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
The odd part

Contractors fired for being so slow they actually made the government look fast.

What happened

Tamil Nadu Transmission has officially cancelled a major infrastructure contract with BGR Energy after the company missed several 'stipulated milestones.' Authorities noted that while they appreciate a healthy level of procrastination in public works, the contractor's delays were so consistent that they became predictable. This predictability threatened the government's long-standing tradition of 'Infrastructure Surprises,' where projects are expected to remain in a state of 'almost finished' for at least two decades before a final, sudden cancellation.

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