tending
Engineer, Procurement
could
only accept the
lowest
tender.
Cases,
where a tender other than the
lowest
was
proposed
to be
accgpted,
went
lo
a.commit-
tee
consisting
of
Chief Accounts
Qffieer,.
Superintending
Engineer, Procurement
and Superintending
Engineer,
Disposals. Cases
involving
forei-en exchange had to
be
cleared
by
the Gbneral
Manager.
Directorate
of
Inspection
and Control: This.Direc-
torate
was responsible
for
the correct
layout
and
good
quality
of the-work and
1[eir
word was law,
but
where
apy
.6ha1rge
in
a
drawing
or specification igsued by
the
Designs
Office
was
to
'Qe
made,
they had to
get
the
prior
concurrence
of the
Designs
Directorate.
No
work-,
could
be
proceeded
lvith
unless
the
layout
and
quality
o[
ryork
had
been
approygd by
the competent
inspector.
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Labora,tory
:
i
A
.
well-equipped'labbratory was
maintained- at Nangal,
where
physical,
chemical
and
petrological
examination
of,aggiegate-
was
carried
out
and
concrete
mixes
wcre
designed. Samples of concrete
were
constantly
taken from
the
vaqious
batches at the
concrete
batching and
rnixing
plant
and their
strength
was tested
at
;Various
'ages'
in
the
laboratory.
The
d.csign
of
the.put:z,olana
was
also
errolv-ed.,hete. But
for
this
well-equfu2ped
laboratqry,
{l.would:have,
hpen
diffi'
cult
to ensure
uniform
good-
quality
of
work. This
laboratory
functioned
untler
the control
of
Director
of
Inspection
and Control.
Bhakra
Control
Board: Initially
there
were
three
partner
States-Punjab,
Pepsu
and
Rajasthan.
Their
number
was reduced
to
two
after
the
merger
of
Punjab
and
Pepsu in 1956. Finance was
provided
by
the
Centre. It was
felt that
ordinary
procedures
would be
too slciw
to finalise
and
execute
a complicated
project
of the
size
of
Bhakra and a
Control
Board
having
representatives
of
the Centre and
the
participating
States
was
placed
in
technical and
financial
control
of
the
project.'
Governor
of
Punjab,
in
his
'peisonal
capacity,
was
the
Chairman
of the
Board.
Chief
Accounts
Officer
and Chief Engineer,
who
were
not
nrembers, were
invited
to all meetings of
the Board.
Chief Ministers, Finance
and Irrigation and
Power
Ministers
of
Punjab and Rajasthan
were invited
to
important
meetings in
which
questions
of
policy
likely
to
have impact on tlle State administration were
discus-
sed.
Large
delegations
of
financial and other
powers
were
made
to
General Mana-eer
and Chief
Engineers.
These
arrangements
proved
to be
beneficial.
The
ad-
ministrative., control of the
project,remained
with
the
partner
State
"Ggvernmquts.
.,
Emergency
Procedure
:
The Control Board
usually
met
at
intervals of
six
weeks,
but
matters
which
could not
wait
till
the
next meeting of the Board
were
referred
lry
General
Manager,
Bhakra Dam/Chief
E-nginepr"
io
the' Secreta.ry
-of
-t59,Bo'aid.under
emer-
gbncy
pqoceduie.
The
Secretary iftbr taking
the
advice
of Finance Secretary,
Punjab
and Union
Joint Secretary
Finance obtained the orders of
Vice-Chairman
and
communicated- them
1o
General Manager/Chief
Engi-
neer.
.
These orders
were
confirmed at
the
nex,t.
meeting
of
the Control Board'.
Financial Advice, Compilation
and
Internal
Audit
and
Statutory
Audit
of
Accounts
:
Secretary,
Finance,
Punjab
and
Union
Joint
Secretary,
Finance,
were
the
Financial Advisers
"to
&e
prpjecl.
Chief Accounts
Officer,
attached
to
'Punjab
.Fin'ance
Department,
looked
after
compilation
and
internal
audit
of accounts
while
Accountant
General,
Punjab had a
Resident
Deputy
Accountant
General
at Nangal to
attend to
statutory
audit
under his superintendence
and
control.
Public Accgunts
Committee,
Punjab
State
assisted
by
Acdoiintant
-General,
Punjab, ejralhined
the accounts
on behalf
of
the
Legislature.
Bhakra
Board of
Consultants
:
A
Board
of consul-
tants
consisting of Indian and
foreign
experts
was
also
set
up for review'and
advice
on important
technical
matters.
This
met
once or
twice
a
year as
required.
2.I
Layout
of
the Dam
and
Appurtenant
Works
A
number
of
layout
studies
were
made
before
adopting
the
present
scheme.
For-
power
plants,
location-s
both
above
ground and under
ground were
considered.
At
one
time,
an
inclined
spillway
on
the
pattern of the
Hoover
Dam
was
included
in the
layout'
Part
fl-Design
of
the
IDum
und
Appartenant
Works
AU
proposed structures
were
tested
on
-hydraulic
modils
and
unsatisfactory
features
were
eliminated.
Final scheme
ut
.-.tg.d,
it shown
in Figure
5
and
comprises :
(l)'
Two
15.24
m
(50
ft)
diameter
diversion
tunnels,
located
symmetrically
on
each
bank,
with
-
-:
:
upstream
and
downstream
of
coffer
dams'