Bandhwari waste info: Junior engineer can’t answer MCG chief’s questions, suspended

GURGAON: MCG commissioner PC Meena has suspended a junior engineer working in the corporation’s Swachh Bharat Mission division after he allegedly failed to answer questions about the work under way at the Bandhwari landfill. The suspension letter was issued on Tuesday evening.
Officials said Meena asked the junior engineer about how much legacy waste is being processed by each private firm deployed at Bandhwari and the existing status of their work, but he was unable to answer a single question asked by the commissioner. Two private agencies are processing legacy waste at the site at present.
According to the suspension letter, MCG will also file a chargesheet against the junior engineer.
Meena made a call to the junior engineer while reviewing work at the landfill in order to prepare for an upcoming meeting of the National Green Tribunal (NGT)’s committee, which will be chaired by Haryana chief secretary Sanjeev Kaushal.
“The junior engineer was asked questions but could not answer even one of them. The commissioner called him to ask how much legacy waste processing has been done so far by each company deployed at the site. He was not even aware about the basic details such how much waste should be processed by each company as per the contract,” said a senior MCG official privy to the matter.
“Junior Engineer (SBM) plant at village Bandhwari, is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect and his headquarter is fixed at the office of additional commissioner-4, Municipal Corporation, Sector 42, Gurgaon. During the suspension period, he will not leave the headquarters without permission,” read the suspension order.