Note 23 — Chapter II · The Designing of a Canal. (continued 2)
Reading edition
It is, or was until recently, in some parts of India, the custom to omit the preparation of site plans, and to leave the fixing of the exact site of a work and the arrangement of ramps and other details to the judgment of the assistant engineer who was building it. Much unsightly work resulted. A chief engineer in the Punjab recently issued some orders on the subject.