DJB engineer suspended

An Executive Engineer of Delhi Jal Board was suspended today after the city government witnessed "careless work" by him and some other officials in laying sewer and water pipelines in Dwarka.

Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra suspended the engineer and also issued show cause notice to member (drainage) of Delhi Jal Board (DJB).

The minister has also set a deadline of 15 days to improve the work.

"Witnessed Careless work by some of DJB officers in Dwarka. Suspending Exe. Eng. Show cause to Member Drainage. 15 days deadline to improve (sic)," Mishra tweeted.

He said that there was "careless work" on the part of some officers who were assigned to lay sewer and water pipelines in Dwarka which is unacceptable.