Pardeshi said, “The special flying squad led by assistant commissioner Satish Kulkarni
was conducting surprise inspection in ward no 39 when they found 11
plumbers playing cards in the attendant’s room of the water tank in
Nehrunagar. The squad also found that while the game of cards was going
on, a resident was waiting outside seeking help for some water supply
related problem.”

He said that strict action will be taken against the plumbers for not executing their duties.

“Kulkarni has submitted his report and action will be taken on it. Some
plumbers appeared to be under the influence of alcohol,” Pardeshi said.

Pardeshi has directed all the six assistant commissioners to conduct
surprise inspections of municipal properties and offices on a weekly
basis to check whether the employees and officials working there were
performing their duties properly or not. To ensure an element of
surprise Pardeshi randomly directs any assistant commissioner in the
morning to conduct a surprise inspection in any area of the city.

The assistant commissioner has to submit a report of his findings to
the municipal commissioner’s office in the evening itself. A special
cell has been created in the municipal commissioner’s office to keep a
computerised record of these reports. It directs the civic officials
concerned to take action to remove the shortcomings found during the
inspection at the municipal properties and also keeps a record of action
taken.