A junior engineer from the Irrigation and Flood Control Department was dismissed on the directions of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, over the death of a girl who fell into an open drain in the Mukundpur area, a CMO statement said on Tuesday.
Gupta expressed deep sorrow over the tragic death of the two-year-old girl, saying that the incident was extremely distressing and alarming.
The girl died on April 3 after falling into a three-foot-wide and four-foot-deep drain that was left open after recent desilting. Her family had blamed the civic officials for negligence.
The chief minister said the negligence in covering the drain was unacceptable and directed action against the junior engineer.
Acting swiftly on the chief minister’s directives, the department dismissed the contractual junior engineer from service with immediate effect, the statement said.
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Gupta directed all the departments concerned to identify open drains and other hazardous sites within their respective jurisdictions that pose a threat to life and property.
She warned that officials would be held accountable for any form of negligence, and strict action would be taken.
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