chandigarhUpdated: Aug 23, 2020 21:31 ISTAfter facing flak for its plan to spend ₹26 lakh on the renovation of a government house in Sector 16, the UT administration has revised the planned expenditure to ₹12 lakh. An IAS officer from Haryana cadre was living in the house since 2012 and vacated it upon retirement. While around ₹12 lakh were allocated for repairs, ₹14 lakh were to be spend on new additions. “Now, the administration has decided that keeping in view of austerity measures, the plan for additional constructions should be scrapped. The department will now undertake only repair works,” said an official of the engineering department, requesting anonymity.

Source: Hindustan Times August 23, 2020 16:03 UTC