Chandigarh, July 15 -- The Quality Assurance Authority (QAA) of Haryana on Tuesday recommended linking contractor payments to quality performance and recruiting GATE-qualified quality monitors, even as chief minister Nayab Singh Saini promised zero tolerance against poor quality in government construction works.

During a meeting held to assess the quality of government construction works and the progress of technical audits being conducted across various departments, the QAA chairman Rajeev Arora made a slew of recommendations to further strengthen quality monitoring and project execution.

The QAA proposed to conduct social cost-benefit analyses and environmental impact assessments for major projects, linking contractor payments to qual...