LIT stops road contractor’s payment over poor quality work

The Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) has stopped the payment of a road contractor over poor quality of work at block-G of Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS) Nagar, and initiated the process to blacklist the contractor.

Following a complaint by residents, LIT chairman Raman Balasubramaniam inspected the area along with officials on Friday and found the work to be substandard.

Balasubramaniam directed the officials to get samples of road construction work tested from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College (GNDEC), and withhold payment till the reports are received.

He said, “The contractor had initiated road construction work without informing the officials. Substandard work was being done at the spot.