Public Works Department provides infrastructural support for both original and repair works to all the departments directly under the Govt. of West Bengal.
There are four main stages in the project for a work, namely, administrative approval, expenditure sanction, technical sanction, and appropriation or re-appropriation of funds.
The Measurement Book must be looked upon as the most important record, since it is the basis of all accounts of quantities, whether of work done by daily labour or by the piece work system or by contract, or of materials received, which have to be counted or measured.
Governor is pleased, in the interest public service, to engage Sub-Assistant Engineers on contractual basis through placement agency of WBHDCL in different divisions of PWD at a consolidate remuneration of Rs. 15000/- only.
The works, so far, looked after by the PWD (C.B. Branch) shall henceforth be looked after by the respective Branches of the P.W. Department.
It appears that a good number of officers and staff under the department purchase/sell immovable/movable property without taking prior permission of the Government, which is obligatory under rule 5(2) of West Bengal Services (Duties, Rights and Obligation of the Govt. Employee) Rules 1980.
With a view to improve efficiency of the Scheduled-‘B’ (English) Personal Assistant working under P.W. Dte., the Governor is pleased, in the interest of public service, to introduce a new transfer policy with immediate effect.
Re-organize the Caretaking Estts. of Writers’ Buildings, New Sectt. Buildings, Bhavani Bhavan, Khadya Bhavan and CSTC Buildings for Caretaking as well as Maintenance & Construction.
Governor is pleased to empanel the following three Government Technical Institutes of National repute for preparation of DPR. (i) IIT, Kharagpur (ii) Jadavpur University (iii) Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur.
To reorganize and restructure the 02 (two) circles under Public Works Department namely, State Highway Circle-IV and National Highway Circle-III with their administrative jurisdiction under (Roads) Dte.
Restructuring of three circles under PW Electrical wing namely, PW (El) Circle-I, PW (El) Circle-IV and PW (El) Resource Circle with their administrative jurisdiction under PW Dte.