Delhi govt orders quick suspension of junior engineer over Minto Bridge waterlogging

In keeping with sources, a present trigger discover might be served to the Assistant Engineer for “supervisory lapses” and the Govt Engineer is directed to submit a proof detailing preventive measures to keep away from such incidents sooner or later.

Furthermore, the Engineer-in-Chief has been instructed to make sure that such occurrences aren’t repeated throughout Delhi and to problem vital warnings.

Minto Bridge is a railway bridge above Vivekanda Street in New Delhi. The bridge has confronted water logging and site visitors points earlier than as properly.

Earlier on Sunday, Aam Aadmi Social gathering MLA and get together’s Delhi state president Saurabh Bharadwaj criticised Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh for being “lacking” whereas a number of components of the nationwide capital expertise waterlogging.

“The place has PWD Minister Parvesh Verma gone lacking?” Bharadwaj mentioned in a put up on X.

Delhi Meeting’s Chief of Opposition and former Chief Minister Atishi additionally questioned whether or not Minister Verma might be faraway from his place, questioning why he’s not on the bottom monitoring the state of affairs.

“Will Parvesh Sahib Singh be eliminated as PWD minister? Why is he not on the bottom even after water logging has occurred? Why is he hiding?”

The waterlogging occurred after heavy rains accompanied by robust winds hit Delhi within the early hours of Sunday, with a number of areas experiencing waterlogging and site visitors congestion.

The visuals from Delhi Cantt confirmed a bus and a car submerged within the water at a waterlogged underpass, demonstrating the severity of the rainfall.

Extreme water-logging was additionally witnessed within the areas of ITO, Dhaula Kuan, Subroto Park, Nanakpura Underpass, and Chanakyapuri resulting in site visitors congestion.

Earlier on Saturday, the India Meteorological Division (IMD) had issued a pink alert for Delhi and close by areas, warning of robust thunderstorms, rain, and high-speed winds over the following two to 3 hours.

The alert is a part of a nowcast warning based mostly on the present climate situations. In the meantime, IMD has said that there’s a risk of rain in Delhi right this moment as properly, as IMD predicts thunderstorm exercise and gusty winds at a velocity of 30 to 40 kilometres per hour as cyclonic circulations centred round Western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan had been conducive for it.