Notice to MC officials over retaining wall

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, August 29

Additional Commissioner Rishipal Singh has issued show-cause notices to four officials of the Municipal Corporation (MC), including two superintending engineers, a sub-divisional engineer and a junior engineer, over an issue related to the design of retaining wall of Jagraon Bridge.

Earlier, Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu had marked an inquiry over a proposal to increase the Jagraon Bridge retaining wall project cost by Rs 44 lakh on the pretext of change in design.

A team of the MC had conducted an inspection of the site and found some deviation from the original design that led to an increase in the project cost. An inquiry in this regard is under way, said Rishipal.

Sandhu said two experts had earlier conducted an inspection of the retaining wall site and submitted their report. Now, the notices have been issued to the officials concerned as to how they had made the cost estimates for the construction of retaining wall of Jagraon Bridge, he said.

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