PWD Engineers Served Show Cause Notice Over Poor School Building Work

The PWD has issued a show cause notice to its engineers for the delay in the construction of a school in Rohini after cabinet minister Atishi flagged negligence in the work on the building.

If the engineers fail to provide a satisfactory response within three days, departmental action will be taken against them, a government statement said.

According to the statement, the Public Works Department Minister during a visit to Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in Rohini’s Sector-6 Wednesday morning discovered that the construction work of the new building block was significantly behind schedule.

She found that the tiling, sanitary fittings and other finishing work in the toilet block was incomplete, and the electrical fitting work in classrooms of the new block was also unfinished, the statement added.

Flooring in some rooms was not done properly, the building had paint smudges visible in several places, and the cleaning work was still pending, the minister found, the statement added.

During her visit, she also observed there was a severe shortage of workers at the site.

Taking note of all these shortcomings, Atishi reprimanded the engineers and directed officials to take strict action against all those who were lax in their work.

“The Kejriwal government will not compromise with those who show negligence towards education-related works. We will not tolerate any kind of laxity in the construction of our schools, and anyone found guilty of such actions will not be spared,” she said.

The department has issued notices to the executive engineers- civil and electrical, seeking their response on the issues flagged and why action should not be taken against them.

The PWD Minister has directed the agency to eliminate the discrepancies in 10 days to avoid any stringent action.