Patiala, Dec. 12 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday ordered a show-cause notice against a contractor and freeze on further payments after detecting irregularities in the construction of Reetkheri Link Road in Patiala district.

The chief minister, who conducted a surprise inspection, was miffed over non-compliance of stipulated weight parameters in the construction of the road.

Mann also inspected the under-construction Patiala-Sirhind road in Patiala district and Rurki to Reona Plan road in Fatehgarh Sahib district, and asked officers to get samples tested.

The chief minister said the government had embarked on the biggest road construction work taken up in the history of the state, targeting construction of 44,920 km o...