Engineers learn lessons of honesty at the 2-day seminar
Mysore, Sept. 8 (RK&MRS)- A group of expert engineers and retired bureaucrats are holding a two-day seminar for engineers of government departments on achieving quality in public constructions through honesty.
About 200 engineers from all over the State including about 50 women engineers are participating in the seminar which began this morning at Senate Bhavan in Manasagangotri here.
The seminar is being organised by the Task Force for Quality Assurance in Public Constructions. The Task Force has been constituted by the Chief Minister himself to ensure quality in construction works under- taken by the much-maligned government agencies.
Y. Umesh Rao, retired Secretary, Department of Water Resources, Government of Karnataka, rightly remarked that not only cement, sand, jelly stones and water, but honesty among the engineers was also a very important material in the construction.
Umesh Rao advised the engineers of government agencies to use only patented and bran-ded materials and equipment as well as new technologies to achieve quality in construction.
Engineers should work in consultation with the panel of specialists, he added.
Earlier, Umesh Rao inaugurated an exhibition of new technologies and equipment arranged as part of the seminar. About 24 companies in construction industry are participating in the exhibition.
Inaugurating the seminar, I. Ra...more
