Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration, Arvind Kumar has on Tuesday instructed GHMC Commissioner M. Dana Kishore to immediately place Assistant Engineer Venugopal of the corporation under suspension for negligence in discharge of duties.
Charge memos will also be issued to the Deputy Executive Engineer and the Executive Engineer concerned.
Mr. Arvind Kumar has issued the orders after inspecting the vaccuum de-watering cement concrete (VDCC) road work near King Koti.
The work was grounded in September last with an estimated cost of ₹1.3 crore.
Mr. Arvind Kumar noticed that the approach road towards Abids was not done properly and felt that there was negligence on the part of the field level officers, which is resulting in inconvenience to road users.
Warning that any lapse in the public safety by way of improperly laid approaches or road sides not being attended properly will be viewed seriously, he instructed for immediate suspension of AE Venugopal.
Charge memos have been issued to the DEE Venkat Narayana and EE Anup Kumar.