Early Times Report JAMMU, June 29: Apropos to the news item published in the today's issue of Early Times under the caption -- PHE Kathua allots work without inviting tenders - the concerned department has sought to clarify that the realignment of defunct pipes at Dhalli in Hiranagar, Kathua, was done by the village sarpanch out of his own source. In a statement issued here today, Kathua's PHE executive engineer said the department had not made any allotment of the said work to anybody. Neither any claim was raised nor any payment was made as the reliagnment of defunct pipes in the village was made by the village sarpanch out of his own source, he added. Sources said a cabinet minister had asked the PHE chief engineer to get the work executed through the sarpanch as it would incur zero cost. |