BMC officials present during audit will be probed: police to court

Mumbai | Wednesday | 20th March, 2019

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“Despite being experts and having knowledge that the condition of the bridge was not proper, the report was submitted,” the prosecutor said. The prosecutor told the court that it will check if the Baroda-based company will also be liable for any negligence. Based on the test, the report submitted in July 2017, concludes that the concrete quality is classified as “good”; carbonation on 16 locations observed to be due to exposure of concrete to weather. The police said that while they had studied the audit reports submitted by Desai, they wanted to access and seize the notes prepared by him while writing the reports. AdvertisingIn its remand plea, the police said that Desai was tasked with conducting structural audits of 76 bridges across the city by the BMC on September 17, 2016..