Chandigarh, Oct. 5 -- Mandip Singh Brar, who is holding charge till the newly-appointed chief secretary H Rajesh Prasad joins service, on Saturday directed the Chandigarh MC and UT administration officials that no payment shall be released to the contractors for road re-carpeting without a satisfactory quality report from a third-party inspection agency.

He also instructed that strict action will be taken against agencies or officers responsible for non-completion of works within the targeted timelines.

Brar held a meeting on Saturday to review the status of road repair works across the city. The meeting was attended by engineering secretary Prerna Puri; municipal commissioner Amit Kumar; UT chief engineer CB Ojha; MC chief engineer San...