Six suspended over Ayodhya Rampath cave-ins, waterlogging
Six officials of the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department (PWD) and the Jal Nigam were suspended on the directions of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth on Friday following reports of road cave-in and waterlogging at several places on the newly constructed Rampath in Ayodhya, it is learnt.
The suspended officials include Dhruv Aggarwal (executive engineer), Anuj Deshwal (assistant engineer) and Prabhat Pandey (junior engineer) of the Public Works Department and Anand Kumar Dubey (executive engineer), Rajendra Kumar Yadav (assistant engineer) and Mohammad Shahid (junior engineer) of the Jal Nigam.
According to media reports, road cave-ins occurred at more than 10 places on the Rampath that was constructed ahead of the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in the city.
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