Bhubaneswar, Odisha government suspended an assistant engineer of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in connection with the death of a boy in an open drain.
According to a press statement from the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department, assistant engineer Santosh Kumar Das has been found guilty of not installing barricades at the open drain channel where 9-year-old Abu Bakr Shah was swept away on Monday. ,
It said Das has been suspended and departmental proceedings have been initiated against him.
The incident took place at Masjid Colony in Unit-3 area of Bhubaneswar on Monday afternoon when the boy, while trying to collect a balloon, accidentally fell into an open drain and was washed away in the storm water. Expressing grief over the incident, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Manjhi had announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the family of the deceased.
After the incident, H&UD minister Krishna Chandra Mahapatra visited the spot and sought a report from the BMC. The department said that this action was taken on Thursday after receiving the investigation report.
According to a press statement from the Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) department, assistant engineer Santosh Kumar Das has been found guilty of not installing barricades at the open drain channel where 9-year-old Abu Bakr Shah was swept away on Monday. ,
It said Das has been suspended and departmental proceedings have been initiated against him.
The incident took place at Masjid Colony in Unit-3 area of Bhubaneswar on Monday afternoon when the boy, while trying to collect a balloon, accidentally fell into an open drain and was washed away in the storm water. Expressing grief over the incident, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Manjhi had announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the family of the deceased.
After the incident, H&UD minister Krishna Chandra Mahapatra visited the spot and sought a report from the BMC. The department said that this action was taken on Thursday after receiving the investigation report.
