India, Oct. 25 -- Chandigarh

The Punjab government has set up a "CM Flying Squad" to monitor the quality of work being carried out by the public works department (PWD) and the Punjab Mandi Board in the carpeting and construction of link roads across the state.

In what officials described as a first-of-its-kind initiative, the newly formed squad will ensure quality control and will also be held responsible for any lapses or discrepancies detected in road construction projects. A notification regarding the formation of the squad was issued by the state government on Friday.

The squad comprises senior engineers from the PWD and the Mandi Board. Devinder Singh Semi, executive engineer (XEN) of the Mandi Board at Jalandhar, will oversee qua...