Ludhiana, March 25 -- Taking strict note of the delay in completion of development works, municipal corporation (MC) imposed Rs.10 lakh penalty on the contractor over delay in completion of basketball court project in Guru Nanak stadium.

Action was taken after MC commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal took stock of development works on Monday. The project is being taken up under the Smart City Mission.

On Monday, Dachalwal conducted inspections of different projects including the all-weather swimming pool and table tennis courts being constructed near Rakh Bagh, an under construction basketball court in Guru Nanak Stadium and two bridges over Sidhwan Canal near Ishar Nagar and Lohara area etc.

Superintending engineer (SE) Sanjay Kanwar, execut...