Giving further momentum to the development agenda of the government, the Public Works Department (PWD) is engaged in construction of 75 major government buildings worth over Rs 50 crore each. All the works are being done on the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode.
Giving details of the major contracts taken up by the PWD, Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya said that maintaining the high quality of work besides meeting the completion deadlines, the PWD gained 18 major contracts of the Labour Department, 16 projects of Medical Education Department, 18 projects of the Home Department, three of Minority and Waqf Department, three projects of the Prison Department, four projects of the Higher Education Department, six projects of the Law Department and one project each of Higher Secondary Department, Ayush Department, Animal Husbandry, Sports, Urban, Medical and Health and Charitable departments respectively. He said that 38 projects of these 75 contracts procured by PWD were in progress.
Giving further details of the major works taken up by PWD, Maurya said that the department was engaged in expansion and beautification work of Kashi Vishwanath Temple involving Rs 345.27 crore, 18 Atal residential colleges involving Rs 1256.44 crore, 13 medical colleges involving Rs 637.21 crore, Atal Medical University involving Rs 201.76 crore, Unani Medical College worth Rs 129.50 crore, university in Aligarh at a cost of over Rs 1,0141 crore, university in Ballia at a cost of Rs 92.76 crore, university in Saharanpur at a cost of Rs 92.04 crore, and a multi-level parking in Allahabad High Court in Prayagraj involving Rs 573 crore.
Meanwhile, an official spokesman of PWD said that 65 out of 75 works had been assigned and detailed projects reports (DPRs) of 59 of them were ready and forwarded for necessary action while DPRs of six projects had been prepared. He said that a contract for 35 of the total 38 projects in progress was also awarded and the tender process was underway for three others.
He said the major projects for which contracts had been awarded included Atal Medical University in Lucknow, Rajkiya Medical College in Lalitpur (Rs 287.57 crore), Rajkiya Medical College in Kanpur Dehat (Rs 283.38 crore) and Rajkiya Medical College in Kushinagar (Rs 263 crore).