LUCKNOW, Oct. 25 -- After three decades, the Uttar Pradesh government has approved a five-fold increase in the financial powers of public works department (PWD) officers, alongside a comprehensive revision of the engineers' service structure. Presiding over a PWD review meeting on Friday, chief minister Yogi Adityanath cleared the proposal aimed at streamlining decision-making, expediting processes like tendering, contracting, and project execution besides granting greater autonomy to departmental officers, thus reducing dependence on higher-level approvals. P2...