The Haryana Government has suspended three officials of the public works department (PWD) (B&R), including an executive engineer (XEN)-level officer, for alleged negligence in duty, officials said on Friday.
In an order issued on Wednesday, three officials – Nishant Kumar, executive engineer (civil) (CDC), Puneet Mittal, sub- divisional engineer (civil) (now, EE, CDC) and Rajesh Tanwar, junior engineer (civil). All were earlier posted in Ambala.
Anurag Rastogi, additional chief secretary (ACS), PWD (B&R), who issued the orders on behalf of the government, said the suspension relates to the irregularities in the construction of a football stadium in the Ambala Cantonment.
On being contacted, Nishant Kumar, said, “I’m aware of the order, but there is no specification of the reason. The government is yet to seek my explanation.”
In January, all the officials were transferred by the department and the then SDE Puneet Mittal was promoted as executive engineer in Kurukshetra, sources said.
The suspension comes months after the misappropriation of funds in the construction of a FIFA-approved international football stadium coming up at the War Heroes Memorial Stadium came to the fore last year. The stadium is one of the dream projects of the home minister and local MLA, Anil Vij.
The tender of the construction was allotted to Jind-based contractor, M/S Garg and Company in April 2017 at a cost of ₹48.57 crore, with a date of completion in April 2019. The project will have…
