HC pulls up PWD for delay in its office building construction

Maintaining that the delay has led to increase in the cost of construction, the high court said that despite repeated adjournments granted by it, the timeline promised by PWD has not been followed in constructing the office building, to be known as S-Block, whose foundation was laid in May 2013. 

The civic body has assured the court that the tender for the block would be completed by this month end and the bid finalisation process on July 20, while the work would be allotted in the next seven days.

 The order came on a plea filed in December last year seeking directions to Delhi government to provide sufficient funds for completion of construction of the new office building which is to be built on a 2.27 acres of land at Bapa Nagar area on the Zakir Hussain Marg here.

 In January this year, Delhi government had told the court that 70 per cent of the construction amount has been sanctioned.