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Official suspended for poor construction of govt office building
T
richy: An assistant engineer in the rural development department has been suspended for failing to follow guidelines in the construction of a panchayat office near Thanjavur.
The plaster in the building's ceiling came off after the chief minister inaugurated the office via video conference earlier this week.
The panchayat office in Suryanar Kovil in Thiruvidaimaruthur block in Thanjavur district was constructed for 30 lakh under Anaithu Grama Anna Marumalarchi Thittam (AGAMT) state govt scheme. Stalin opened various completed projects, including the aforementioned office, via video conference on June 15.
After the opening, work was carried out to mount ceiling fans inside the office. However, to the shock of everyone, the plaster in the ceiling started coming off.
On June 19, senior officials from the rural development and panchayat raj department conducted an inspection. They found that the technical guideline of 'applying two coats of ceiling putty plastering' issued last year had not been followed during the construction.
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Action was subsequently taken to rectify the error.
In a statement on Friday, the Thanjavur district administration said that technical guidelines were reminded multiple times in various meetings conducted by the project director of DRDA, district collector, additional chief secretary, and commissioner in charge of the rural development and panchayat raj department.
The statement confirmed that the assistant engineer in charge of the panchayat office construction in Suryanar Kovil did not follow the guidelines. Hence, the official was suspended based on the recommendations of the district collector. An explanation was also sought from two assistant engineers for the negligence.
Thanjavur district collector B Priyanka Pankajam instructed the technical guidelines to be followed during the construction of all govt office buildings in the future.
