Building collapse: Superintendent, 2 JEs suspended

A superintendent and two junior engineers have been suspended for dereliction of duty after an under construction building collapsed in Peer Muchhalla village in Zirakpur last month.

Five other officers have also been issued show cause notices, Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu said in a statement today.

He further said that he had personally visited the site of the building collapse and had constituted a committee under the Director, Local Government Department, Karnesh Sharma. It also included Deputy Commissioner Mohali, Chief Engineer, Chief Vigilance Officer, and a representative of Punjab Engineering College (PEC).

The magisterial report and the PEC report found the grave negligence in the construction as the primary cause for its collapse. Apart from this, the building owners did not give any notice regarding the commencing of construction work to the MC Zirakpur.

Sidhu further disclosed that the officers of the Municipal Council too indulged in gross negligence of their duty and did not bother to conduct a supervision of the building during its construction.