The department is engaged in planning, construction and maintenance of roads, bridges,

ropeways and buildings (both residential and non-residential of various Govt. departments)

in the State. The department further executes engineering work on behalf of Local Bodies,

Public Undertakings, Boards & other Institutions under Himachal Pradesh Government as

"Deposit works".

ADMINISTRATIVE SET-UP :

Himachal Pradesh Public Works Department is headed by the Engineer-in-Chief with Headquarters at Shimla. Works and matters regarding Codes, Specifications, Planning & Monitoring, Inter-State Connectivity for the entire State and also the entire establishments of PWD are controlled by the Engineer-in-Chief.

On administrative and functional considerations, the department has been divided into four zones namely Mandi Zone, Hamirpur Zone, Shimla Zone and Kangra Zone at Dharmshala. All the four zones are headed by Chief Engineers. Headquarters of Shimla Zone is at Shimla, Mandi zone at Mandi, Hamirpur Zone at Hamirpur and Kangra zone at Dharamshala.

Chief Engineer (National Highways) with headquarters at Shimla controls the Planning and Execution of works of National Highways traversing through the State.

Chief Engineer (Quality & Design) acts as State Level Quality Co-Ordinator for achieving quality parameters of works in the State. Material Testing Laboratories at State level and Zonal Laboratories are under his control. He conducts quality control checks throughout the State. He is the in-charge for Standardization of Designs and Drawings for Buildings, Bridges and Assurance of common Technical Instructions, Manual of Order, Codes & Specifications, Schedule of Rates, Training Programs, Workshops and allied fields etc.

Chief Engineer (PMGSY) is monitoring, planning and having day-to-day interaction with Govt. of India (MORD) for the works of PMGSY and PMGSY (world bank) funded projects through National Rural Road Development Agency (NRRDA) .

Superintending Engineer (Electrical) controls the works related to electrical installation, central heating, air conditioning, lifts, fire-fighting, fire alarm system, L.T. Sub-Station, Public Address system and CCTV systems in all Govt. residential & non-residential buildings.

Architect-in-Chief is heading Architectural Wing at Shimla . This wing deals with all Architectural planning for buildings undertaken by PWD under North, South and Central Zones. In addition, this wing also undertakes consultancy jobs for corporate bodies and institutions, such as Regional Engineering College Hamirpur and Railways etc.

Superintending Engineer Arbitration Circle Solan deals with the entire arbitration cases of the Department.

Organisational- Regular Staff

Organizational Pattern

Engineer-in-Chief 1

Engineer-in-Chief (Projects) 1

Chief Architect 1

Chief Engineers 8

Superintending Engineers 28

Senior Architect 4

Executive Engineers 113

Architect 8

Assistant Engineers 374

Assistant Architect 14

Junior Engineers 1365

Other Officials 4315

TOTAL 6232

MISSION STATEMENT :

Roads are a very vital infrastructure for rapid economic growth of the

state/country. In fact, the development of important sectors of economy

such as Agriculture, Horticulture, Industry, Mining and Forestry depends

upon efficient road network. Social activities such as education, health,

family planning and promotion of tourism also depend upon efficient road

network. So the primary objective and aim of the department is to provide

connectivity by way of all weather roads to all the habitations (villages) in

the state.

The roads will be constructed with an effective and eco-friendly technologies.

The elected representatives and village community will be involved in the

construction and maintenance of the roads for transparency in construction

and maintenance.

District wise Metalled and Unmetalled Road density as on 31.03.2012

Sr.No. Name of District.

Area of Distt. (Sq.

Kms.)Metalled

roads (Kms.)

Road density per

100 Sq. Kms of Area

Un-Metalled roads (Kms.)

Road density per 100 Sq.

Kms of Area

Total roads

1 Bilaspur 1167 1180 101.11 394 33.76

2 Chamba 6528 1185 18.15 1074 16.45

3 Hamirpur 1118 1513 135.33 290 25.94

4 Kangra 5739 4603 80.21 999 17.41

5 Kinnaur 6401 453 7.08 312 4.87

6 Kullu 5503 859 15.61 807 14.66

7 Lahaul & Spiti

13835 571 4.13 647 4.68

8 Mandi 3950 2464 62.38 2532 64.10

9 Shimla 5131 2370 46.19 2733 53.26

10 Sirmour 2825 1295 45.84 1612 57.06

11 Solan 1936 1468 75.83 1278 66.01

12 Una 1540 1601 1556 170 11.04

Total:- 55673 19562 35.14 12558 22.55

Buildings

District wise Physical Achievement of Building (PW) and Housing (PW)

Sr. No

Name of District

Bldg. Completed Upto 3/2002

Year Wise Physical Achievement

2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08

Non-Resi

ResiNon-Resi

ResiNon-Resi

ResiNon-Resi

ResiNon-Resi

ResiNon-Resi

ResiNon-Resi

Resi

1 Bilaspur 207 768 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0

2 Chamba 226 459 1 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 3 2 2

3 Hamirpur 45 299 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0

4 Kangra 157 552 5 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 5 4

5 Kinnaur 76 252 7 13 0 6 1 22 0 2 3 11 3 2

6 Kullu 57 144 0 1 0 7 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0

7 Lahaul& Spiti

76 172 0 4 2 7 2 10 4 2 4 3 3 5

8 Mandi 167 264 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 7 6

9 Shimla 224 2262 3 10 2 11 0 2 0 16 2 0 4 0

10 Sirmour 152 304 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1 4 2 0

11 Solan 101 301 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0

12 Una 47 186 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0

G.Total. 1535 5963 20 40 7 33 7 34 9 33 26 23 33 19

Bridges

Year Wise /Distt. Wise Detail of Bridges Completed in Himachal Pradesh as on 31/03/2012

Sr No.

Year Bilaspur Chamba Hamirpur Kangra Kinnaur KulluLahaul & Spiti

Mandi Shimla Sirmour

1 Upto 3/66 8 3 10 66 - 47 8 2 9 62 1966-67 - - - - - - 1 - - -3 1967-68 - 2 - 1 - - 3 - - 24 1968-69 - 4 2 - - 1 - - 1 15 1969-70 - 6 2 2 - - - 3 2 76 1970-71 4 2 3 - - 8 - 1 1 -7 1971-72 1 3 1 - - 2 1 3 - 18 1972-73 - 1 - 6 - 1 1 2 5 29 1973-74 2 3 - 7 - - 1 2 - -

10 1974-75 - 13 1 3 - - 4 1 3 611 1975-76 - 5 - 6 - 3 - 3 2 -12 1976-77 - 2 1 8 1 - - 6 2 213 1977-78 2 - 3 6 - 1 - 2 - 114 1978-79 1 2 5 3 - 3 2 4 2 -15 1979-80 1 1 1 15 1 6 - 5 2 -16 1980-81 1 5 1 6 1 4 2 8 - 217 1981-82 - 1 3 7 - 3 - 9 - -18 1982-83 1 1 4 8 - - - 4 1 3

19 1983-84 - 4 3 6 - 6 - 5 - 220 1984-85 4 - 4 9 - 4 - 4 - -21 1985-86 1 3 1 2 - 1 1 2 8 822 1986-87 3 6 3 4 - - 3 3 2 523 1987-88 1 3 4 4 - 2 2 4 3 624 1988-89 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 4 -25 1989-90 1 4 - 1 - 2 - - 7 226 1990-91 2 3 - 6 - 1 - - 7 627 1991-92 2 11 3 8 - 3 - - 4 128 1992-93 1 3 5 4 2 5 2 3 3 129 1993-94 2 5 2 10 2 3 1 - 1 -30 1994-95 - 3 2 10 - 3 - - 3 131 1995-96 2 3 2 14 - 5 1 - - 432 1996-97 2 3 2 10 2 1 2 - 4 -33 1997-98 3 2 7 6 4 1 - - 3 134 1998-99 1 6 4 6 1 1 2 5 10 4

351999-2000

3 3 1 10 1 4 1 7 4 10

36 2000-01 2 6 3 10 1 1 3 14 3 537 2001-02 1 3 10 9 2 2 5 13 7 238 2002-03 4 - 7 11 1 1 - 6 5 139 2003-04 2 7 7 11 6 1 2 6 5 640 2004-05 1 2 4 13 3 3 3 6 7 341 2005-06 1 4 4 21 3 - 1 7 3 342 2006-07 4 7 4 15 0 5 2 14 9 243 2007-08 1 5 4 17 8 3 2 7 2 3

44 2008-09 2 7 4 21 5 1 1 14 2 145 2009-10 2 7 3 18 1 1 0 35 4 246 2010-11 3 2 5 13 5 1 3 15 1 247 2011-12 1 2 3 15 1 0 0 15 0 2

Total upto 03/2011

74 171 139 429 53 143 62 242 141 116