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It had stated that new projects can be taken up only if approved by the administration as priority. The engineering department has also been asked to clear pending dues before making payments for new works, subject to availability of funds during the quarter.
Amid financial constrains in Chandigarh’s financial well being, UT administration has floated a tender worth Rs 26 lakh for the renovation of a house in Sector 16.
The department is also spending Rs 7 lakh on a government house in Sector 28 and Rs 5.5 lakh on another one in Sector 33. “This is not an exhaustive list of the UT engineering department’s spending on renovation and repairs of government houses. In the past few months, it has floated several such tenders even though austerity is the need of the time,” according to media reports quoting an engineering department official.
In the first two months of the lockdown, necessitated by the Covid-19 outbreak in March, the UT administration had lost a whopping ?342 crore in tax collections. In view of this, the administration had issued austerity instructions, allowing only completion of pending projects.
It had stated that new projects can be taken up only if approved by the administration as priority. The engineering department has also been asked to clear pending dues before making payments for new works, subject to availability of funds during the quarter.
Justifying the spending on renovation, UT chief engineer Mukesh Anand said, “In some houses, for instance, the one in Sector 16, major renovations are taking place after nearly a decade. The house also required a major upgrade in design and facilities in tune with the time. All these changes are being undertaken after approval of the UT urban planning department.”
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