Two suspended in Indian “premature demolition” investigation.
The Chennai Corporation on Wednesday suspended an assistant executive engineer and a junior engineer of the Basin Bridge zone for their alleged involvement in demolishing nine blocks of the communicable diseases hospital in Tondiarpet last week before tenders were finalised.
According to official sources, the two and the executive engineer suspended a couple of days ago were supported by the contractor, who won the annual maintenance contract (AMC) for the 14th ward. The demolished buildings were the administration and admission blocks; wards 1, 6 and 7; special ward 8, the para-medical course building, the medical lab and a kitchen all in an area of 1,301.16 sq m.
“We have suspended the AEE and JE who also did not store the demolished materials tonnes of timber, steel and iron girders worth lakh of rupees. Following the TOI report, we traced the materials and took them to the corporation workshop in Elephant Gate,” a senior official told TOI.
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