Contractor gets notice over basketball court ceiling leak
MC commissioner/CEO of Ludhiana Smart City Limited (LSCL), Aaditya Dachalwal, also formed a committee to conduct an inspection and submit a report.
The committee comprises MC additional commissioner Paramdeep Singh as chairman, with superintending engineer Sham Lal Gupta and executive engineer Arvind Kumar as members. The notice mentioned that leakage was recently observed in the ceiling of the basketball court due to a faulty ceiling sheet.
This reflects poor workmanship and negligence on the part of the contractor, on whom a penalty of Rs 10 lakh had already been imposed for delay in completion of the project.
Authorities have again directed the contractor to take corrective steps and replace faulty ceiling sheets, failing which additional penalty would be imposed for missing deadlines and defective execution of work. MC commissioner Dachalwal said that they were monitoring development works being undertaken across the city and no laxity would be tolerated.
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The basketball court project has remained in the news for many reasons, with questions raised about its quality. It missed many deadlines and could not withstand the rainy season. The project is being executed under the Smart City Mission.
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