In the complaints received, the engineer was accused of inaction despite being apprised about unauthorised construction
Gone are the days of complacency at the MCG — at least the actions of MCG commissioner Yashpal Yadav seem to point in that direction. After looking into several complaints of negligence and inefficiency against an outsourced junior engineer (JE) attached with the enforcement team, he sent a termination letter to the engineer’s agency yesterday.
In the complaints received, the engineer was accused of inaction despite being apprised about unauthorised construction.
It must be noted that the MCG is yet to honour its agreement made with councillors on terminating the contract of 14 consultants who were being paid hefty amounts, but were hindering developmental work.
Of the 14 consultants, four are deputed with the engineering branch, three each in sanitation and revenue branches, two in IT branch, and one each in legal and taxation branches.
The MCG has 635 sanctioned posts — 183 of which are filled by MCG staff members and the remaining are either outsourced or occupied by employees on deputation from the urban local bodies and other state departments.
The MCG spent Rs 215.46 crore between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2017, on staff salaries.
