The Times of India 28.08.2012
Councillors vs executive engineers: Mayor promises quick solution
GURGAON: After several councillors complained to the mayor that the MCG executive engineers
do not pay any attention to their views and complaints, the mayor
called a meeting on Monday in which all the executive engineers were
asked to explain their behaviour. The mayor also said that the engineers
should visit the wards at least once a week and meet the councillor
concerned and keep them updated about %various development projects
taking place in the ward.
In the meeting, the executive
engineers listed out the problems faced by them and the mayor promised
to look into the matter. The mayor said he would also take up their case
with the municipal commissioner.
"The main problem we are
facing right now is that we are severely short-staffed and the work load
is huge. Even though the authorities are aware of this difficult
situation, they have deputed some of the executive engineers in the
enforcement wing of the corporation because of which these engineers are
spending most of their time on removing encroachments rather than
focusing on development projects," said an executive engineer.
"We have asked the mayor to ensure that the enforcement wing and the
engineering wing are alienated from each other so that we can
concentrate on development issues. We have also requested him to
expedite the process of hiring more executive engineers as we are only
seven of us right now. And since there are 35 different wards it is
burdensome to visit all of them every week," he added.
The
mayor said that he will talk to the commissioner about the problems
faced by the executive engineers. "I met the executive engineers to
understand the problems faced by them. We have been asking the state
government for more manpower but we are yet to hear from the
authorities. I will ask the commissioner to once again take up the
matter with the department concerned. Also the executive engineers will
not be asked to do both the enforcement and development work," said
mayor Vimal Yadav..
