{"id":34492,"date":"2026-07-12T23:31:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/patronage-cant-stop-transfers-manohar-lal-on-cpwd-posting-culture-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T23:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:01:38","slug":"patronage-cant-stop-transfers-manohar-lal-on-cpwd-posting-culture-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/patronage-cant-stop-transfers-manohar-lal-on-cpwd-posting-culture-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Patronage can\u2019t stop transfers: Manohar Lal on CPWD posting culture | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132349214,imgsize-624599,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/ians.jpg\" alt=\"Patronage can\u2019t stop transfers: Manohar Lal on CPWD posting culture\" title=\"Patronage can\u2019t stop transfers: Manohar Lal on CPWD posting culture\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Patronage can\u2019t stop transfers: Manohar Lal on CPWD posting culture\">Patronage can\u2019t stop transfers: Manohar Lal on CPWD posting culture<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Taking a swipe at the long-entrenched \u2018Delhi club\u2019 within Central Public Works Department (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/cpwd\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">CPWD<\/a>), housing minister Manohar Lal on Sunday said that some employees had, over the years, mastered the art of staying posted in the capital for more than three decades with the help of influential patrons.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>He said since the agency rolled out a transparent transfer policy, many approach him seeking to have transfer orders cancelled.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Addressing CPWD\u2019s foundation day celebration, the minister said, \u201cI was told that there were some people who never got transferred for 20-30 years. None was able to move them out. Big and influential people started approaching me for them when transfer orders were issued, saying they have known such employees for years. <!-- -->I told them that at least it will happen this time and we will see it next year.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/>His remark alluded to a known reality in govt circles that CPWD employees often build close equations with political leaders and senior bureaucrats while overseeing the maintenance of their official residences and offices.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Minister said employees should think for the good of all their colleagues and not just themselves. He also urged the CPWD staff to put their best efforts for public good. \u201cSome people had told me and I am not saying this &#8212; CPWD is the Corruption Public Works Department and some said Corruption Power Wala Department. But I say it\u2019s a Comprehensive Power Wala Department that has huge potential,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/patronage-cant-stop-transfers-manohar-lal-on-cpwd-posting-culture\/articleshow\/132349211.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patronage can\u2019t stop transfers: Manohar Lal on CPWD posting culture NEW DELHI: Taking a swipe at the long-entrenched \u2018Delhi club\u2019 within Central Public Works Department (CPWD), housing minister Manohar Lal on Sunday said that some employees had, over the years, mastered the art of staying posted in the capital for more than three decades with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}