Water contamination in Chitradurga: DC suspends workers, recommends suspension of 2 engineers
Chitradurga: In the wake of the tragic incident of people falling sick and losing their lives due to contaminated water in Kavadigarahatti village, Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu GRJ has taken stringent action against those responsible. She has suspended one water supply assistant and terminated the services of two outsourced workers involved in the water distribution.
Furthermore, the Deputy Commissioner has recommended the suspension of two engineers, Manjunath R Giraddi (assistant executive engineer) and SR Kiran Kumar (junior engineer), to the Urban Development Department. The engineers were found to be negligent in their duties, as they repeatedly failed to comply with instructions to clean all drinking water storage tanks in the town, repair water leakage points, and ensure proper chlorination of water sources.
Municipal Water Supply Assistant CH Prakash, who was responsible for the distribution of water through overhead tanks in Kavadigarahatti, has been suspended from his position. Additionally, two outsourced employees in the village have been dismissed for their role in the water supply process.
Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu has also issued a notice to Municipal Commissioner Srinivas, holding him accountable for the dereliction of duty that led to the tragic incident in the village.
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
