Hamirpur PWD officer fined Rs 5 for not attending meeting for 4 years

An officer of the Public Works Department (PWD) of Tauni Devi was fined Rs 5 for not attending Panchayat Samiti meetings for four consecutive years.

However, Devraj, executive engineer, PWD Mandal, said that he was not aware of the meeting.

Harish Sharma, chairman of the samiti, said the fine was imposed on the officer in the quarterly meeting of the Hamirpur Panchayat Samiti. The quarterly meeting of the samiti was held on Monday and chaired by Sharma.

In the meeting, the budget of the 15th Finance Commission was also discussed along with preparing a new outline of development works. Apart from the block committee members, BDC Vice President Sanjeev Sharma and Hamirpur BDO Himanshi Sharma were also present in the meeting.

Harish Sharma said that the Public Works Department officials of Tauni Devi Mandal were absent from meetings despite repeated warnings. Due to this, the departmental development work was getting affected. A decision has been taken with the consent of all the members and a fine of Rs 5 has been imposed.