Ludhiana, Feb. 17 -- Questions are being raised over the delay in issuing work orders for special assistance projects as tenders, though floated in advance, were not signed during the recent Finance and Contracts Committee (F&CC) meeting held last Thursday, leading to further hold-up in starting the works.

Officials, wishing not to be named, said the municipal corporation (MC) had already floated the tenders for development works under the Centre's Special Assistance Fund well in time. However, during the F&CC meeting, the approved tenders were not formally signed, which has now pushed the projects into uncertainty.

Officials in the civic body said that once tenders are floated and placed before the F&CC, the signing of proceedings is a...