Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari.
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New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday said the government will penalise those consultants who do not adhere to proper procedures in making detailed project reports (DPRs) for highways and tunnels.
A DPR is a comprehensive blueprint for a road construction project, outlining all technical, financial and logistics details necessary for its execution.
"In India, quality of DPRs prepared by consultancy firms is not good. And also, contractors are not doing good job," Gadkari said at an event here.
"We have started rating consultants who are involved in DPR preparation...Those who are making good DPRs will be rewarded and those who are not adhering to proper procedures will be penalised," the road transport and highways minister said.
Gadkari also stressed on the need of socio-economic audit of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds.
He noted that CSR funds should be used to help economic and social backward people of the country.
"CSR funds should be used to help people in education, agriculture and health sectors," Gadkari said.