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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 officers
Mayor Ratilal Desai is reported to have warned newly appointed Municipal Commissioner G R Aloria about an alleged 8220;syndicate of some civic officers8221; 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 8220;nature8221; of the civic officers.
