Two engineers suspended for shoddy road work during PM’s visit to Bengaluru
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Friday suspended two engineers over the incident where newly asphalted roads caved in just a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bengaluru on June 20.
Assistant Executive Engineer H J Ravi, who was due to retire in August, and Assistant Engineer I K Vishwas were the two officials suspended.
The Jnana Bharathi Main Road in southern Bengaluru was asphalted at a cost of Rs 6.05 crore. The municipal body covered a 3.6 km stretch in the area that falls under the Bengaluru university campus. Prime Minister Modi took the road to travel to Dr B R Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE) University. A day later, following a spell of moderate rain, a portion of the road caved in just a few meters away from BASE gate.
