Thane Sep 25 PTI Four engineers of the Thane Municipal Corporation TMC in Maharashtra were on Saturday placed under suspension for dereliction of duty over the poor condition of roads in the city an official said The action has come a day after District Guardian Minister Eknath Shinde took a tour of the pothole-riddled roads in Thane and warned of severe action against officials responsible for poor road conditions Thane Municipal Commissioner Dr Vipin Sharma has suspended junior engineer Sandeep Gaikwad Lokmanya-Savarkar Nagar ward executive engineer Prakash Khadtare Vartak Nagar ward deputy engineer Sandeep Sawant Lokmanya-Savarkar Nagar ward and executive engineer Chetan Patel Utalsar ward the official said The suspension orders were issued by the TMCs additional municipal commissioner Sanjay Herwade it was stated As per the order the engineers were responsible for proper maintenance of roads and check the quality of repair work which they had not done resulting in the problems of the roads getting damaged Although road repairs had been sanctioned with a proper budget the work done was substandard and these engineers had not supervised the same properly the order stated PTI COR ARU ARU
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