Overview

• Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi issued September 8 letters directing administrative secretaries, department heads, public-sector chiefs, divisional commissioners and deputy commissioners to act on project delays.
• The directive requires comprehensive reviews of ongoing works as well as construction-related disputes under arbitration across all departments and entities.
• Submissions must follow a prescribed format that details financial implications, reasons for delay, accountability, and measures to achieve early completion.
• Departments must list all pending arbitration cases with project descriptions, contractor names, estimated liabilities, decisions from the past three years, and the resulting fiscal impact on the state.
• Each file must include an administrative-secretary-approved note outlining lapses, key concerns and a forward plan, with special emphasis on pending budget announcements to be assessed by the Engineer-in-Chief-led panel.