1909 Suppl. P.W.D., an abbreviation of Public Works Department.
1958 G. Durrell iv. 168 There was the little cockney P.W.D. man who..offered to drive me a hundred-odd miles, over atrocious African roads.
2003 (Nexis) 4 June The protestors finally gave passage to Jadhavrao, but not without getting a promise that he would return with public works department (PWD) minister Vijaysingh Mohite-Patil.