<h1>Contractor and officials suspended over pavement failure on highway corridor, Rs 2.8 crore penalty imposed</h1> The National Highways Authority of India suspended a contractor, authority engineer, and project director following pavement distress on the Amritsar-Jamnagar Corridor section in Gujarat. The contractor was debarred from future bids and issued a show cause notice with Rs 2.8 crore penalty. The authority engineer was also debarred with a show cause notice issued. Expert committees from various IITs were constituted to analyze the pavement failure and recommend remedial measures. The failure was attributed to defects in aggregate inter layer, cement treated base, and poor drainage systems.