PWD, prisons and previous govt. focus of Yogi Adityanath

PWD, prisons and previous govt. focus of Yogi Adityanath

NEW DELHI: The two-week old Yogi Adityanath government has lost no time in getting down to the brass tacks by initiating a crackdown of the three infamous departments of Uttar Pradesh: the Public Works Department (PWD), Prisons Department and the big-ticket projects of former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.

All contracts in the corruption-prone PWD, even those below Rs 1 crore in value, will be executed through e-tenders and party MLAs have been prohibited from running any contracting side-business. Deputy chief minister Keshav Maurya is handling the PWD department which was earlier held by Shivpal Yadav.