GOVT TO DISPLAY DETAILS OF WORK ON SITE

CHANDIGARH: A display board on expenditure and expected completion time of an ongoing development project would now be put up near the site of such work by the Punjab government, an official release said on Monday.

“Local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu has ordered that the display boards depicting basic information on development works being undertaken detailing the cost, date of start and completion of work, specifications, name of engineer in charge and contractor with their contact numbers be affixed at the site of work,” local government department director Karnesh Sharma said in a statement.

Orders were issued by the minister as part of commitment by the government to transparent governance, he said. The director was further quoted as saying that the boards should be at prominent places with high visibility until project completion.