Chandigarh, Aug. 5 -- Dinanagar MLA Aruna Chaudhary on Tuesday sought an inquiry into the prolonged delay in the construction of two bridges over Ravi River at Makaura Pattan and the Upper Bari Doab Canal (UDBC) at Nanu Nangal villages in Gurdaspur despite the projects having been granted sanction by the central government.

The Congress MLA demanded the probe and fixing of responsibility of officials answerable for the delay during the question hour on Day 2 of the monsoon session of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha.

Replying to her question regarding the statement government's plan to start work on these projects and the expected timeline for their completion, public works (B&R) minister Harbhajan Singh said that the previous Congress governmen...