CHENNAI: The city corporation is preparing to set up a separate quality control wing to reduce dependency on project management consultants (PMCs) who verify bills and certificates from contractors for road laying works. The move comes in the wake of two contractors allegedly produced fake mix design certificates for laying interior roads.
Henceforth, the designated city corporation team will now verify certificates and bills independently. Officials said that civic body engineers who verify these documents have other roles and responsibilities which might result in them overlooking lapses and the quality control wing that was once functioning has been dormant since 2014.
