Punjab: 4 PWD officers suspended after video of road construction goes viral in Hoshiarpur 
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Punjab: 4 PWD officers suspended after video of road construction goes viral in Hoshiarpur

Principle Secretary issued suspension notice against those involved after video went viral

The Public Works Department of the PunjabGovernment has suspended four of its engineers. They were re-carpeting a roadamid rain in the Hoshiarpur district. One of the workers from the ruling AamAadmi Party shot their video and posted it on social media which soon wentviral. Three suspended engineers are Sub-Divisional Engineer Tarsam Singh, Junior Engineer VipanKumar, Praveen Kumar, and Jasbir Singh.

Even after objection,they kept on working:

The road was being constructedin the Chabbewal Vidhan Sabha Constituency in the Hoshiarpur district. The roadon which the work was going on connects Nangal Khildiya and Sherpur villages in the Mahilpur block. While they were working Gurvinder Singh the AAP worker waspassing by and stopped them from doing the work. They ignored him and kept onworking.

The officers werenegligent in their job:

The Principle Secretaryof PWD, Punjab Government issued the notice. The notice mentioned that a videois viral on the internet showing the workers, working while it was raining.With immediate effect, these four officers are being suspended.
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