It seems the tenure of the new Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner has begun on a good footing. As his first official act, Pravin Pardeshi has convinced engineers who were on mass leave after action against a former chief engineer of the Bridges Department, to resume duty. The 42 engineers who were on leave met the commissioner on Tuesday and resumed work. Their plan of going on strike has been cancelled.

IIT to train engineers

Pardeshi has also verbally proposed that experts from IIT-Bombay be appointed to train the Bridges Department engineers to monitor the inspection of various bridges. This was decided as the structural audit or inspection can be monitored with expertise which is currently lacking. The move came after the engineers pointed that they were not experts in monitoring the structural experts and auditors, and as a solution, the training was proposed, said Municipal Engineers' Union members. This training is likely to take place with groups of 10 engineers. Another demand of the engineers for filling vacant posts was accepted, and a verbal assurance came from the commissioner for the same, said union members.