<p>City government on Thursday transferred three engineers and barred a construction company from future projects, penalising them for the dangerous gaps that have appeared on the Geeta Colony bridge.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Delhi’s public works department minister Raj Kumar Chauhan took the decision after a visit - following a newspaper report – to the bridge over the Yamuna.<br /><br />Construction company AFFCON is being barred from Delhi government projects because it failed to pay heed to complaints brought to its notice by the PWD.<br /><br />Chauhan, who was accompanied by the engineer-in-chief (PWD) V K Gupta, noticed that at one point a crucial nut was missing. He instructed Gupta to immediately transfer the concerned executive engineer, assistant engineer and a junior engineer for failing to ensure repairs by AFFCON.<br /><br />It was learnt that repair work had been carried out but it did not last. “The transferred engineers were responsible for getting the repair work done by AFFCON. However, it seems the work was not done properly and hence the officials were transferred,” said a senior PWD official.<br /><br />The official said the PWD approached AFFCON on noticing the gap at the first stage. But the company did not act on the department’s advice. <br /><br />The city government is writing to Central Public Works Department (CPWD), the controlling cadre of PWD engineers, to take strict action against the three engineers for dereliction of duty. <br /><br />“We are barring AFFCON from all future projects of PWD. The construction company has also been issued a show cause notice,” said Chauhan.<br /><br />He said the PWD has been ensuring the quality of construction and stability of structures though its internal and third party inspections. <br /><br />Chauhan made it clear that his department will not spare any offender.<br /><br />The flyover was opened for public use in December 2009 and was part of a chain of flyovers and underpasses that were built in east Delhi ahead of the Commonwealth Games.<br /><br />It was meant to facilitate smooth traffic flow between Akshardham temple and Gandhi Nagar. <br /><br />The flyover is also among the six projects which came under the CBI scanner after the V K Shunglu Committee reported irregularities in their execution.<br /></p>
<p>City government on Thursday transferred three engineers and barred a construction company from future projects, penalising them for the dangerous gaps that have appeared on the Geeta Colony bridge.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Delhi’s public works department minister Raj Kumar Chauhan took the decision after a visit - following a newspaper report – to the bridge over the Yamuna.<br /><br />Construction company AFFCON is being barred from Delhi government projects because it failed to pay heed to complaints brought to its notice by the PWD.<br /><br />Chauhan, who was accompanied by the engineer-in-chief (PWD) V K Gupta, noticed that at one point a crucial nut was missing. He instructed Gupta to immediately transfer the concerned executive engineer, assistant engineer and a junior engineer for failing to ensure repairs by AFFCON.<br /><br />It was learnt that repair work had been carried out but it did not last. “The transferred engineers were responsible for getting the repair work done by AFFCON. However, it seems the work was not done properly and hence the officials were transferred,” said a senior PWD official.<br /><br />The official said the PWD approached AFFCON on noticing the gap at the first stage. But the company did not act on the department’s advice. <br /><br />The city government is writing to Central Public Works Department (CPWD), the controlling cadre of PWD engineers, to take strict action against the three engineers for dereliction of duty. <br /><br />“We are barring AFFCON from all future projects of PWD. The construction company has also been issued a show cause notice,” said Chauhan.<br /><br />He said the PWD has been ensuring the quality of construction and stability of structures though its internal and third party inspections. <br /><br />Chauhan made it clear that his department will not spare any offender.<br /><br />The flyover was opened for public use in December 2009 and was part of a chain of flyovers and underpasses that were built in east Delhi ahead of the Commonwealth Games.<br /><br />It was meant to facilitate smooth traffic flow between Akshardham temple and Gandhi Nagar. <br /><br />The flyover is also among the six projects which came under the CBI scanner after the V K Shunglu Committee reported irregularities in their execution.<br /></p>
