<p>The BBMP on Monday suspended two engineers for asphalting New BEL Road without following the standard specifications. The action was taken after the traffic police flagged the substandard roadwork at a meeting of the inter-departmental coordination committee last month. </p>.<p>The suspended officers are assistant executive engineer M C Krishne Gowda and Vishakanta Murthy of the Road Infrastructure Department (West Division). </p>.<p>The suspension was ordered after B S Prahlad, Chief Engineer of the BBMP’s Road Infrastructure Department, also found that the officers concerned did not take the instructions seriously despite the traffic police raising concerns. </p>.<p>During the inspection, engineers were instructed to desilt the shoulder drains and construct new ones with steel box gratings before asphalting New BEL Road. None of this was done. </p>
<p>The BBMP on Monday suspended two engineers for asphalting New BEL Road without following the standard specifications. The action was taken after the traffic police flagged the substandard roadwork at a meeting of the inter-departmental coordination committee last month. </p>.<p>The suspended officers are assistant executive engineer M C Krishne Gowda and Vishakanta Murthy of the Road Infrastructure Department (West Division). </p>.<p>The suspension was ordered after B S Prahlad, Chief Engineer of the BBMP’s Road Infrastructure Department, also found that the officers concerned did not take the instructions seriously despite the traffic police raising concerns. </p>.<p>During the inspection, engineers were instructed to desilt the shoulder drains and construct new ones with steel box gratings before asphalting New BEL Road. None of this was done. </p>
