As he ordered a probe into the construction of Barapullah Phase III flyover project, Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Tuesday said that the Pragati Maidan tunnel near Bharat Mandapam “caused national embarrassment ahead of the G20 Summit”, considering it was constructed by the “same construction agency”, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) Limited.

In an internal note to the Chief Secretary, the L-G criticised L&T, the construction agency involved in both the projects.

“The extraordinary delay in this project (Barapullah Phase-III flyover) has raised some fundamental policy issues which must be addressed: Whether large projects of this nature should have arbitration clauses embedding in them which provides incentive to contractors for making exorbitant claims as has been seen in other matters as well

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