Ayodhya waterlogging: Six officials suspended, SP MP demands high-level inquiry

The Uttar Pradesh government has suspended six officials of civic agencies for gross negligence following road caveins and waterlogging at several sections of the newlybuilt Ram Path in AyodhyaThe newlyelected Lok Sabha MP from Faizabad Awadhesh Prasad on Saturday demanded a highlevel inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the construction of the 14kmlong Ram Path and the sewer lines beneath the road in AyodhyaAbout 15 bylanes and streets along the Ram Path were flooded after rains on June 23 and June 25 Even homes along the road went underwater Portions of the 14kilometre road stretch also caved in at more than a dozen placesOn Saturday Awadhesh Prasad along with Samajwadi Party district president Parasnath Yadav and his team inspected the Ram Path and other areas of Ayodhya Prasad first went to the only government hospital in Ayodhya the Shriram Hospital where there was waterlogging then he visited the floodaffected roads and bylanes of AyodhyaSpeaking to PTI Prasad said How many people are responsible who are responsible everything must be clear The action taken against some people is not sufficient There are more people involved in the irregularities in Ram Path constructionThis is a big issue loot is being done in the name of Ram A highlevel investigation committee should be formed and an investigation should be done in a timely manner Prasad saidHe said that if the roads of Ram Path were well constructed then there would be no need to fill the potholesPeople from all over the world come to Ayodhya The poor construction of Ram Path has brought shame for all of us the Faizabad MP saidShriram Hospital is full of mud and dirt and the hospital is stinking he saidThe name of Ram is being brought into disrepute due to the disturbances in the Ram Path he saidThe suspended officials are Dhruv Aggarwal executive engineer Anuj Deshwal assistant engineer and Prabhat Pandey junior engineer of the Public Works Department PWD and Anand Kumar Dubey executive engineer Rajendra Kumar Yadav assistant engineer and Mohammad Shahid junior engineer of the Uttar Pradesh Jal NigamAggarwal and Deshwal were suspended on the orders of special secretary Vinod Kumar on Friday Pandeys suspension order was issued by PWD chief engineer development VK SrivastavUttar Pradesh Jal Nigam managing director Rakesh Kumar Mishra issued the orders for the three engineers suspensionThe state government has also issued a notice to Ahmedabadbased contractor Bhuvan Infracom Private Limited in connection with the matterThe PWD office order stated that the uppermost layer of the Ram Path was damaged shortly after its construction showing laxity in the work done and damaging the image of the state among common peopleFurther probe is underway PWD principal secretary Ajay Chauhan saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever