PWD engineer suspended for financial mismanagement

A senior engineer of the public works department (PWD) was suspended today for alleged financial mismanagement in the construction of a hostel in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district, an official said.

Acting on a complaint by the Mahore sub-divisional manager, an inquiry was conducted into the construction of a 50-bed Gujjar-Bakerwal hostel in Mahore, which was found to be sub-standard. Instead of penalising the contractor, the engineer, M K Verma, allegedly paid Rs 20 lakh, reportedly much more than what was due, the official said.

District Development Commissioner Prasanna Ramaswamy G acted against M K Vikram and ordered a departmental inquiry by the PWD superintendent engineer of Udhampur-Reasi circle, the official added.