Uttarakhand Planning, Information Technology, Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Dinesh Aggrawal directed officials to penalise contractors if they fail to deliver qualitative work within stipulated time.
“You also conduct laboratory examination of the material, which are being used by the contractor on regular interval,” he said. He expressed this view while presiding the review meeting with officials of UP infrastructure corporation and national highway section of Public Work Department (PWD) in Dehradun on Thursday.
He also said that the action should be taken against the complaints regarding use of poor quality in construction work. He said that the quality of the material should be properly checked in the labs before its use. Agarwal also expressed displeasure over the delay in work of flyover, which are to be constructed in ISBT Saharanpur Road, and directed them to being work by January 3 at any cost. He will personally make site inspection on January 4 and dillydallying attitude will not be tolerated any more.
He also said that there is no improvement in the works, which are being executed by the UPSIDC and any excuse related to the payment or any economic crises will not be entertained. You make sure development in each project, which have been assigned to them by the State Government. While reviewing the progress report on four flyovers, which have been assigned to EPIl, he found that there was not development so he instructed them to begin the work immediately because chief minister is suppose to laid the foundation stone of the projects.
Aggrawal categorically instructed them to the officers of all executing agencies to fix the accountability of their officials so that you can expedite your work. During meeting officials including UPSIDC officials RK Agarwal, SA Sharma, AK Agarwal, CK Saklani, shiv kumar, Suresh Yadav and PWD chief engineer HK Upreti and Superintending engineer HO Sharma and Executive engineer Shailendra Kumar Mishra and EPIl General manager Sanjay Goyal were present there.