Srinagar, July 22 -- Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said an inquiry would be conducted into the Srinagar Smart City Project after rains caused waterlogging in several areas, including the civil secretariat here, and blamed the city's drainage system.
The chief minister said the council of ministers has already decided to undertake a third-party audit of the project.
The inundation of the ground floor of the civil secretariat on Monday was a "shame", Abdullah said at a press conference.
"It is not an ordinary issue. Let the weather improve. We will have an inquiry conducted into it and then take collective action," he said
"After seeing that there was a difference between what the project intended to achieve an...