Sangrur MC slow on civic works
Shariq Majeed
Tribune News Service

Sangrur, November 1
The Sangrur Municipal Council is slow in carrying out civic works. This was revealed by information sought by Kamal Anand under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.

Of the 72 projects, related to construction of roads, installation of streetlights and improvement of drainage system and costing Rs 3 crore, for which orders were issued by the MC authorities on February 17, the MC is yet to start working on 17 projects costing over Rs 65 lakh and work on eight other projects costing Rs 30.84 lakh is yet to be completed.

Sources in the MC said the authorities, which should have blacklisted these contractors for not starting work, had failed to take action against them. The MC had issued notices to only six contractors in this regard, they added.

Executive officer (EO) of the MC Surjit Singh admitted that contractors were yet to start work on some projects.

“I admit that in some cases, the contractors are yet to start work, but majority of works have been completed and some are about to complete. We have asked the contractors to complete the work soon,” the EO said.

There are 21 wards in the MC wherein civic works were to be executed within a time limit ranging from a month to six months. As per the rules, if a contractor is not able to complete the work within time, the MC authorities can blacklist him.