Dehradun, Aug. 8 -- The Uttarakhand Public Works Department (PWD) has suspended three engineers, including an Executive Engineer, in connection with damage to the approach road of a newly constructed bridge over the Tons River at Nanda Ki Chowki on the old Dehradun-Paonta Sahib National Highway.

Executive Engineer Rajesh Kumar, Assistant Engineer Amit Kumar Tyagi and Junior Engineer Naveen Gairola were suspended following the incident, with the orders issued by PWD Secretary Pankaj Pandey.

The newly constructed bridge over the Tons River at Premnagar (Nanda Ki Chowki) in Dehradun had suffered severe damage on the morning of July 28 following heavy rainfall. The approach road and a portion of the bridge had subsided. The bridge was const...