CPWD requests MHA not to examine its projects estimates as it delays works

The CPWD, a prime construction agency of the Central Government, has requested the Ministry of Home Affairs not to examine its project estimates as it causes delay in taking up the construction works.

In a letter to Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, CPWD Director General Prabhakar Singh said that it has been observed that proposals or estimates submitted by the Central Public Works Department are examined at various levels in the MHA or Central Para Military Forces.

Singh said that estimates are made with “sound engineering practices” by competent technical professionals and should not require further scrutiny.

The CPWD is also the principal construction agency of MHA for creation of all types of built assets of Central Para Military Forces and for border infrastructure, he said.