MLA hands over jewellery to jal nigam for 'buying' water pipes!

  • | Saturday | 25th August, 2018

"Chief engineer Anil Gupta, however, said, "A probe will be conducted in this regard., and if concerned officials are found guilty, they will face departmental action." Assistant engineer RK Sharma , citing fund crunch, had sent him a bill of Rs 1.30 lakh for the said work, he added.Bajpai said, "Today I visited the chief engineer Anil Gupta's office and gave him my and my wife's jewellery including her 'mangal sutra' so that the department, which is reeling under acute financial crunch, can purchase water pipes as I cannot see the hardships of people of my area anymore. KANPUR: The Jal nigam office at Benajhabar area of the city witnessed high drama on Friday whens Samajwadi Party MLA from Arya Nagar Amitabh Bajpai handed over his gold chain, gold ring and his wifes 'mangal sutra' to chief engineer jal nigam Anil Gupta against the bill of Rs 1.30 lakh sent to him by an assistant engineer of jal nigam for laying water pipes in various pockets coming under his assembly constituency.The routine work at the jal nigam office was disturbed when the SP MLA barged inside the cabin of the chief engineer, and handed to him his gold chain, gold ring and his wife's 'mangalsutra' for purchasing water pipes against the bill he had received from assistant engineer of jal nigam.Later, the MLA told mediapersons that following hardships being faced by the people, he had recently asked jal nigam officials to lay water pipes in Patkapur, Chamra Mandi and Talaq Mahal areas which come under his assembly constituency.

KANPUR: The Jal nigam office at Benajhabar area of the city witnessed high drama on Friday whens Samajwadi Party MLA from Arya Nagar Amitabh Bajpai handed over his gold chain, gold ring and his wifes 'mangal sutra' to chief engineer jal nigam Anil Gupta against the bill of Rs 1.30 lakh sent to him by an assistant engineer of jal nigam for laying water pipes in various pockets coming under his assembly constituency.The routine work at the jal nigam office was disturbed when the SP MLA barged inside the cabin of the chief engineer, and handed to him his gold chain, gold ring and his wife's 'mangalsutra' for purchasing water pipes against the bill he had received from assistant engineer of jal nigam.Later, the MLA told mediapersons that following hardships being faced by the people, he had recently asked jal nigam officials to lay water pipes in Patkapur, Chamra Mandi and Talaq Mahal areas which come under his assembly constituency. Assistant engineer RK Sharma , citing fund crunch, had sent him a bill of Rs 1.30 lakh for the said work, he added.Bajpai said, "Today I visited the chief engineer Anil Gupta's office and gave him my and my wife's jewellery including her 'mangal sutra' so that the department, which is reeling under acute financial crunch, can purchase water pipes as I cannot see the hardships of people of my area anymore."Chief engineer Anil Gupta, however, said, "A probe will be conducted in this regard., and if concerned officials are found guilty, they will face departmental action."

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