Chandigarh, December 12
Taking a serious view of the carelessness on the part of the contractor, who left heritage manhole covers in Sector 18 after replacing them with cemented ones, Manoj Kumar Bansal, Chief Engineer, Municipal Corporation, issued directions to install them at community centres or some secure place. Bansal, along with some senior officials of the MC, visited the Sector 18 market and directed officials to be careful in case the removal of manhole covers became unavoidable. Bansal said the manhole covers had been shifted to a safe place. Notably, the value of these covers varies from Rs 10 to Rs 15 lakh in the international market.
Inquiry sought
While demanding an inquiry into the carelessness of MC officials over the damage to the manhole covers, Ajay Jagga, an advocate and a member of the heritage council, said an FIR should be registered against those who left the manhole covers unattended for two days. Jagga, in a letter to the UT Adviser, sought an inquiry into the matter. —TNS