New Delhi, March 11 -- In a first, senior officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) in Delhi will now be responsible for monitoring and ensuring the upkeep of specific road stretches across the city.
To overcome the poor shape of the roads across the national capital, it has been decided to engage all senior officers of PWD, up to the rank of superintendent engineers, to adopt at least one stretch of PWD road, a senior PWDofficial said on Monday.
"It has been observed that many stretches of PWD roads in Delhi lack the desirable appearance due to issues like maintenance of the carriageway, footpaths, kerbs and the central verge. To overcome these issues, it has been decided to engage all senior officers of PWD, up to the rank of super...