VADODARA, May 19: In a bid to streamline the administration, engineering-related works in 10 administrative wards of the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) have been placed under the supervision of executive engineers.Municipal Commissioner G R Arolia has asked executive engineers to take the additional charge with immediate effect. Arolia, after taking charge on Monday, had told reporters that he had decided to keep the wards under the supervision of senior officers for effective administration.Executive engineer (drainage) K B Jaiswal will be in charge of ward numbers 4 (D) Sindhwaimata Road and 6 (F) Sahajanand Apartment, while executive engineer (wards) D R Joshi will look after ward numbers 7 (G) Sayajiganj and 10 (J) Subhanpura.Ward number 8 (H) Raopura and ward number 2 (B) Fatehpura will be under the supervision of executive engineer (road) M M Patel. Executive engineer (buildings) N A Khant will look after ward numbers 1 (A) Lehripura and 5 (E) Babajipura.Executive engineer (wards) V N Tailor will supervise ward numbers 3 (C) Gajrawadi and 9 (I) Panigate.With this new arrangement, now, only works related to water, drainage, projects and roads will be carried out from the main office in Khanderao Market.Besides, 10 senior officers have been given charge of 10 administrative wards to remove existing encroachments and also stop further encroachments.Following is the list of officers and the wards they are respective ly in charge of:Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Administration) H S Patel, ward number 1 (A) Lehripura; Deputy Municipal Commissioner (General) I B Peerzada, ward 10 (J) Subhanpura; City Engineer B K Desai, ward 2 (B) Fatehpura; Additional City Engineer B Trapasia, ward 8 (H); Assistant Municipal Commissioner (east zone) R M Patel, ward 3 (C) Gajrawadi; Assistant Municipal Commissioner (central zone) A F Saiyed, ward 5 (E) Babajipura; Assistant Municipal Commissioner (west zone) Madhushudhan Rohit, ward 7 (G) Sayajiganj; Assistant Municipal Commissioner (revenue) R P Yagnik, ward 6 (F) Sahajanand Apartment; Executive Engineer (mechanical) S K Naik, ward 4 (D) Sindhwaimata Road and Executive Engineer (mechanical) Subodh Shah, ward 9 (I) Panigate.Desai sounds warning against officersMayor Ratilal Desai is reported to have warned newly appointed Municipal Commissioner G R Aloria about an alleged ``syndicate of some civic officers'' when the latter called on him on Monday evening after taking charge.Highly placed sources said Desai warned the civic chief to be careful of officers who advocated their own cause and interests rather than putting forward the woes of the citizens and attempting to redress their grievances.When asked to clarify, Desai said he had informed the Municipal Commissioner about the ``nature'' of the civic officers.
