Five Delhi government officials suspended

In a crackdown against corrupt and erring officers, the city government today suspended five Delhi government officials in two separate cases.
In the first case, Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has suspended three officials on charges of corruption. They have reffered the case to the Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) for further investigation to ascertain the loss.
The DJB officials had allegedly made payments to contractors on bogus bills in connection with sewer-line projects.
"The projects were only on paper and no work was done on ground. The case came to light after the DJB ordered special audit of the works executed by Sewer Development Works Division by the Board. Audit reports were later forwarded to the vigilance department," a senior DJB official said.

Vigilance department inspected some works executed in the years 2012-13 and 2013-14 and found fault at two sewer-line sites.
"They had manipulated in supply of V notches for 35.6 metre diameter final settling tank at three million gallon per day (MGD) sewage treatment plant (STP) at Vasant Kunj. Fault was found in another repairing project at Raw Water Sewage Pump House at STP Vasant Kunj Sector-A," officer said.

The department has also decided to blacklist the contractors who executed the works in nexus with the officials. Action has been taken against an executive engineer, assistant engineer and accounts officer.
In another case, two engineers were suspended after Health and PWD Minister Satyendra Jain conducted a surprise check at Delhi government hospitals.

"I received a complaint of Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital by MLAs so I carried out an inspection. I found that no maintenance was being done and it was too crowded," Jain said.
Action was taken against assistant engineer responsible for the maintenance and executive engineer for misreporting facts before the minister.
"I have done surprise inspection in around 10 Delhi government hospitals so far and will continue to do it. Infrastructure is a major issue in most of the hospitals as they are too crowded. I have also found two to three patients using one bed. We will make efforts to improve the condition of government hospital," Jain said.