Chandigarh- Beneath the instructions of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, the High quality Assurance Authority (QAA)-Haryana is working with a complete mandate to strengthen high quality, transparency and accountability in engineering infrastructure initiatives throughout the state.
Chairman, QAA, Rajeev Arora (Retd. IAS) acknowledged that in accordance with the Chief Minister’s instructions, the QAA has performed detailed technical audits of main infrastructure initiatives throughout a number of departments in two phases, overlaying 25 massive initiatives.
These audits targeted on design adequacy, adherence to Detailed Challenge Report (DPR) provisions, building high quality, contract administration, security facets and long-term sustainability. Based mostly on these audits, Detailed Technical Audit Stories have been ready and circulated to the involved Administrative Departments and Executing Businesses for compliance and corrective motion.
The QAA has additionally been tasked with making ready a complete consolidated presentation by sixteenth February, 2026, incorporating ATRs acquired from departments together with QAA’s unbiased observations, feedback and suggestions. This presentation may also embrace strategies for motion towards officers or officers wherever required, and extra measures essential to make sure well timed completion and top quality of initiatives. As per instructions, all audit stories ready by QAA shall be linked with the Haryana Engineering Works Portal and the Chief Minister’s Dashboard on the earliest, with the Public Well being Engineering Division performing because the nodal division for instant implementation.
To strengthen undertaking preparation and execution, engagement of DPR and design consultants has been made obligatory for all greenfield highway initiatives, all bridges, flyovers, highway overbridges and highway underbridges, all constructing initiatives costing ₹5 crore and above, and all highway upgradation initiatives costing ₹25 crore and above. For initiatives of decrease worth, Commonplace Working Procedures and normal design and drawing templates shall be ready in session with stakeholder departments and the Chief Architect. The QAA shall perform because the nodal company for finalisation, standardisation and periodic overview of those SOPs and templates. As well as, Third Celebration Inspection and Monitoring Businesses shall be mandatorily engaged for all initiatives costing ₹5 crore and above to make sure unbiased high quality checks and steady monitoring.
Rajeev Arora stated to reinforce transparency and facilitate social audit, QR codes shall be mandatorily displayed in any respect undertaking websites. These QR codes shall be linked to devoted digital pages containing DPR summaries and Payments of Portions, permitted technical specs, names of contractors, Engineers-in-Cost and consultants, in addition to month-to-month updates on bodily and monetary progress.
He stated with the intention to guarantee holistic planning, splitting of initiatives has been disallowed. All initiatives shall be sanctioned via a single administrative approval and tender, overlaying all inter-linked and dependent parts. The Tender Making ready and Approving Officer shall be required to explicitly certify that each one dependent parts have been duly included within the scope of labor.
Drainage planning has been made a compulsory and integral element of all DPRs. Departments have been directed to develop normal design templates for city and rural drainage programs, guarantee inter-departmental coordination and synchronise execution. Using underground recharge wells has additionally been emphasised as a sustainable technique for runoff disposal and groundwater recharge.
Encroachment on Authorities land alongside roads and canals has been taken up as a precedence. All encroachments are to be eliminated in shut coordination with Income Authorities. Proper of Manner demarcation for Nationwide Highways, State Highways, Main District Roads and main irrigation canals and distributaries shall be undertaken on a State-wide, time-bound foundation, ideally utilizing GPS or GIS know-how and stone pillars.
Tasks shall henceforth be rated on the idea of the Commonplace Working Strategies and Procedures scoring system developed by QAA. Tasks scoring under 75 marks shall be handled as unsatisfactory and unacceptable, these scoring between 75 and 90 marks shall require enchancment and corrective motion, and initiatives scoring above 90 marks shall be thought of passable and absolutely compliant.
The QAA has additional been tasked with contributing to coverage formulation for improved upkeep of highway bridges via a complete Bridge Upkeep Coverage, with PWD (B&R), Haryana because the nodal division.
To make sure sustained high quality assurance, QAA shall conduct high quality audits frequently. Officers from high quality management wings of all Authorities engineering departments shall be hooked up with QAA to strengthen its manpower. As well as, GATE-qualified younger professionals of the 2026 batch shall be deployed as Associates for High quality Assurance via HKRNL to additional increase QAA’s capability. The QAA has additionally been directed to organise common coaching and capacity-building programmes for Authorities departments to sensitise and practice younger engineers, guaranteeing constant high quality in engineering infrastructure throughout Haryana.
