KOZHIKODE: PWD minister PA Mohammed Riyas said all PWD assistant executive engineers in state will have to file monthly field inspection reports after personally inspecting road projects in the 500 km stretch each official has under his/her jurisdiction along with photographs of the visit.
Addressing the media in Kozhikode on Sunday, he said that a working calendar will be prepared for carrying out road repair and construction works in the state in a timely manner.
“Each assistant executive engineer in PWD has (avg) 500km of roads under him/her. They should not write reports on the status of roads by sitting in office. Engineers will have to personally visit road projects on the stretch and file monthly reports about the status. The reports should have photographs of them visiting the stretches,” Riyas said.
He added that assistant engineers, who have around 150km of roads under their jurisdiction, will also have to submit monthly field reports about the status of the roads. Riyas said that all the roads in state should be maintained in good condition irrespective of which department it belongs to.
“Of the around 1.5 lakh km of roads in state, around 1 lakh km does not come under the jurisdiction of PWD. But, as far as the general public is concerned, they don’t need to know which department carries out road works. The only thing that matters is that the roads should be in good condition,” he added.
Riyas said that efforts are on to modernize the rest houses under PWD and bring them under an online booking system. He added that during the last one month the government has been able to get Rs 27.5 lakh as rent through online booking.
