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Guwahati: The Assam Public Works Department suspended 10 engineers in a single day. Negligence and poor construction triggered the move. Officials ranging from executive to junior rank face disciplinary action for a string of bridge collapses. Nine of the suspended staff worked across Barak Valley, while one served in Haflong.
Kallol Nath and Joydeep Nath, both of the Katigorah-Borkhola division, are out. The department also removed Pijush Choudhury and Ratul Das from the Dholai-Sonai division. Shaibal Biswas and Subrata Das of the Patharkandi-Ramkrishna Nagar division face the same fate. From Hailakandi, the suspended officials include Subhendu Das, Anamur Rahman Barbhuiya, and Amir Hussain Choudhury.
The final official hit by the order is Shakil Ahmed. He currently serves as a superintending engineer for the North Eastern Council wing in Haflong. Authorities linked his suspension to his former tenure at the Dholai-Sonai division. Sources confirmed the crackdown stems from a recent review of site defects. The state has seen rising alarm over public works. "The department has also suspended Pijush Choudhury and Ratul Das, assistant executive engineers of the Dholai-Sonai division, along with Shaibal Biswas, executive engineer and Subrata Das, assistant executive engineer, of the Patharkandi-Ramakrishnanagar division."
The suspensions highlight massive gaps in project supervision. Officials failed to monitor construction quality. These engineers must now answer for the state of local infrastructure.
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