Lucknow, Oct. 24 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has approved a major overhaul of the Public Works Department (PWD), marking the first such reform in three decades.
The Chief Minister has sanctioned a fivefold increase in the financial powers of PWD officers and a comprehensive revision of the engineers' service structure.
"The move is aimed at granting greater autonomy to officers, reducing dependence on higher-level approvals and expediting processes like tendering, contracting and project execution," said an official today.
At a PWD review meeting, it was noted that financial powers were last revised in 1995, while construction costs have risen over 5.5 times since then, as per the Cost Inflation Index.
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