India, Oct. 14 -- The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has imposed a penalty of Rs.57.5 lakh on Deswal Construction Company for substandard road work and delays in the Rs.5.75 crore recarpeting project in Malibu Town, Sector 47, officials said on Monday.

The contractor has also been served a final warning, with the threat of blacklisting if deficiencies are not addressed immediately, they added. Despite repeated attempts from HT, the contractor did not respond to requests for a comment.

The project, which includes bituminous macadam (BM) and bituminous concrete (BC) road construction, was awarded to Deswal Construction on February 4, with an 11-month deadline. However, MCG engineers said that during inspections in October, the BC...