India adds a 20-mark rating deduction for highway consultants for each catastrophic failure

The Economic Times reports that India’s road transport ministry has revised its rating rules for authority and independent engineer consultancy firms. Each catastrophic failure will deduct 20 marks from the affected project’s score; the deduction also applies to joint venture partners and associates. The ministry classifies major structural collapses and severe losses of usability as catastrophic failures, and says the rule takes immediate effect.