Union Minister
Nitin Gadkari has expressed concerns over poor quality of Detailed Project
Reports (DPRs) prepared by Consultants for the construction of highways, saying
that no good work has been done in this
regard in the last 10 years.
Addressing an
event in the national capital Gadkari said some officers of state-owned NHAI
are responsible for bankruptcy of various infrastructure companies because of
the poor quality of DPR.
In the last 10
years, no good work had been done in preparation of DPRs... I am worried about
the poor quality of DPRs prepared by consultants," the highways minister
said. It is also regrettable that full
payments are not made to DPR consultants by the government.
The entire
effort in the ministry is to float the tender for construction of highways,
without focus on the quality. There is
not a single highways project that does not have black spots, he said.
Gadkari
exhorted NHAI to hire competent people for DPR preparation for the construction
of highways