SHIVAMOGGA: Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai said that he has directed the urban development (UD) and rural development and panchayat raj (RDPR) departments along with district administrations that no work shall be taken on the basis of oral instructions, and that everything has to be in writing while awarding a contract.
These instructions were issued on Wednesday in an apparent fallout of Belagavi-based contractor Santosh K Patil's death by suicide recently. Patil had alleged that he had undertaken civil works on oral assurance from former RDPR minister KS Eshwarappa.
