In a significant reshuffle ordered by the native our bodies division, as many as 54 senior officers deputed in several branches of the Ludhiana municipal company (MC) and Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) had been transferred to different municipal firms and enchancment trusts within the state.

As many as 42 municipal company officers, together with municipal company secretary Jasdev Sekhon; superintending engineers Rahul Gagneja, Praveen Singla, Ravinder Garg and Rajinder Singh; government engineer Ranbir Singh, senior city planner SS Bindra, 12 constructing inspectors; and sanitary inspectors, have been transferred. The officers had been engaged on a number of key initiatives, together with cleansing the Buddha Nullah and a 24/7 canal primarily based water provide mission.

While Bindra has been transferred to the Bathinda municipal company, Rajnish Wadhwa has been deputed as the brand new municipal city planner and Tejpreet Singh because the senior city planner. STP Kamaljit Kaur has been directed to look into the working of Ludhiana area from Chandigarh.

Similarly, 12 LIT officers, together with the manager officer Jagdev Singh , and superintending engineers, Sat Bhushan Sachdeva, and Buta Ram have been transferred.

The orders, which got here late on Thursday night got here as a shock to officers. They claimed that it was for the primary time that such a significant reshuffle had taken place, and most senior officers have been transferred.

During his go to to town, native our bodies minister Dr Inderbir Singh Nijjar stated, “Transfers are essential to maintain the officers energetic and on their toes. No official has been focused. Action will likely be taken in opposition to the officers, who fail to work for the betterment of the general public.”

MLAs urge minister to postpone orders

With most senior officials deputed in the operations and maintenance (O and M) cell, which deals with water and sewer lines, transferred, MLAs have urged the local bodies minister to postpone the orders for at least three months. They reasoned that with the city will be inundated in the monsoon in the absence of officials who are familiar with the sewer infrastructure in the city. MLA Ashok Prashar Pappi (Ludhiana Central) said, “We have urged the minister to postpone the switch for no less than three months in order that the general public doesn’t face harassment throughout monsoons and work just isn’t affected in MC places of work.”

However, the minister stated that as officers from different cities have been posted to Ludhiana there will likely be no scarcity of employees.

EO arrested by VB transferred, SE Garg again in metropolis

LIT government officer Kuljit Kaur, who was arrested by the vigilance division for graft on Thursday, was transferred to Phagwara later within the day. Superintending engineer Rakesh Garg, who was transferred from the LIT amid a row over a leaked audio clip between him and former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in 2019, has been posted again to the development belief.