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

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The Public Works Department of the Punjab Government has suspended four of its engineers. They were re-carpeting a road amid rain in the Hoshiarpur district. One of the workers from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party shot their video and posted it on social media which soon went viral. Three suspended engineers are Sub-Divisional Engineer Tarsam Singh, Junior Engineer Vipan Kumar, Praveen Kumar, and Jasbir Singh.
 
Even after objection, they kept on working:
The road was being constructed in the Chabbewal Vidhan Sabha Constituency in the Hoshiarpur district. The road on 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 was passing by and stopped them from doing the work. They ignored him and kept on working.
 
The officers were negligent in their job:
The Principle Secretary of PWD, Punjab Government issued the notice. The notice mentioned that a video is 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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