The Madhya Pradesh authorities on Saturday suspended seven Public Work Division (PWD) engineers and initiated a departmental probe towards a retired superintendent engineer over the ‘defective design’ of a brand new rail over-bridge (ROB) in Bhopal with an uncommon 90-degree flip.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav introduced that he had taken cognisance of the intense negligence within the building of Aishbagh ROB and ordered an inquiry.
“On the premise of the inquiry report, motion has been taken towards eight PWD engineers,” Yadav mentioned.
Fault within the bridge
The newly constructed ROB within the Aishbagh space of the town is being criticised and ridiculed by native residents and netizens for its design and questioning how autos would handle to take the sharp 90-degree flip.
Final week, the PWD shaped a committee to discover a resolution with a purpose to guarantee secure motion of autos on the bridge.
The mission, costing round ₹18 crore was constructed to profit three lakh individuals. It will have improved the connectivity between Mahamai Ka Bagh, Pushpa Nagar and the station space with New Bhopal, reported PTI.
Scarcity of land precipitated the defective design
After a destructive flip in occasions, the officers in control of the development argued that that they had no different possibility however to construct the bridge this manner given the scarcity of land and presence of a metro rail station close by.
If slightly additional land is made obtainable, the 90-degree sharp flip could be transformed right into a curve, the officers had mentioned.
Seven engineers, together with two chief engineers, have been suspended with rapid impact whereas a departmental inquiry can be performed towards a retired superintendent engineer, he mentioned.
The suspended engineers embody:
- Sanjay Khande and G P Verma (Chief engineer)
- Javed Shakeel and Shabana Rajjaq (in-charge govt engineer)
- Ravi Shukla (in-charge sub-divisional officer)
- Umashankar Mishra (sub-engineer)
- Shanul Saxena (assistant engineer)
Moreover, a division inquiry can be performed towards the retired superintendent engineer M P Singh, mentioned PWD extra chief secretary Neeraj Mandloi.
Development and design corporations blacklisted
Past the direct motion towards the PWD personnel, the federal government has additionally blacklisted the development company and design advisor.
To repair the state of affairs, a further committee has been shaped to make essential enhancements within the rail over-bridge (ROB), Chief Minister Mohan Yadav mentioned in a put up on X.
“The ROB can be inaugurated solely after enhancements are made,” the chief minister added.
The federal government additionally blacklisted architect agency M/s Puneet Chaddha and design advisor M/s Dynamic Guide, the information company reported.
