MC suspends JE for Chd road cave-in
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The suspension order came following the direction of MC's chief engineer. Rahi was held responsible for negligence and deriliction of duty that led to the cave-in, posing serious risks to public safety and human life.
Significantly, earlier in a day, UT's chief secretary Rajeev Verma held a high-level meeting with senior MC and Chandigarh administration's officers where he lambasted both UT's and MC's engineering departments for poor conditions of the roads during the ongoing rainy season.
The suspension order, issued by the executive engineer of the MC on behalf for chief engineer, read, "It has been brought to the notice that Anwar Rahi, junior engineer (Public Health), has failed to attend to the timely restoration of road on caving of road reported in Sector 20/30 roundabout despite the issuance of repeated instructions and SOPs circulated by this office. The said road caving caused severe disruption to traffic and posed serious risks to public safety and human life.
And whereas, this gross negligence and dereliction of duty on the part of the officer in question amounts to misconduct under Rule 11 of the Central Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965",
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