The Madhya Pradesh authorities’s motion comes days after the newly constructed overbridge grew to become a topic of criticism and mock with native residents and netizens questioning its design and questioning how autos would negotiate the sharp 90-degree flip.
In a powerful transfer towards negligence, the Madhya Pradesh authorities on Saturday suspended seven engineers of the Public Works Division (PWD), together with two chief engineers, for his or her position within the defective design of a brand new rail overbridge in Bhopal’s Aishbagh space. As well as, a departmental inquiry has been ordered towards a retired senior engineer believed to be related to the undertaking. The motion follows public outrage over the bridge’s uncommon 90-degree flip, which raised critical security and design issues.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav confirmed that the engineers had been suspended with rapid impact. “I took cognizance of the intense negligence within the development of Aishbagh ROB and ordered an inquiry. On the idea of the inquiry report, motion has been taken towards eight PWD engineers,” Chief Minister Mohan Yadav acknowledged on X.
The development company and design advisor have been blacklisted, and a committee has been shaped to make obligatory enhancements within the ROB, the chief minister stated. “The ROB might be inaugurated solely after enhancements are made,” he added.
Motion taken towards these eight engineers:
- GP Verma – Chief Engineer
- Sanjay Khande – Chief Engineer
- Javed Shakeel – Government Engineer
- Shabana Rajak – Government Engineer (Design)
- Sonal Saxena – Assistant Engineer (Design)
- Umashankar Mishra – Sub Engineer
- Ravi Shukla – Sub Engineer
- MP Singh – Retired Superintending Engineer
MP govt shaped committee
Final week, the Public Works Division (PWD) of Madhya Pradesh had shaped a committee to counsel an answer after the newly constructed railway overbridge with a 90-degree flip grew to become the topic of criticism and far ridicule. Constructed at Rs 18 crore, the bridge close to the Aishbagh stadium was but to be inaugurated. Questions had been raised over its design after it was observed that autos would discover it troublesome to barter its uncommon 90-degree flip. PWD minister Rakesh Singh had stated a staff of the Nationwide Freeway Authority (NHAI), which investigated the matter, discovered that the unusual design was adopted as a result of unavailability of land.