Chandigarh, July 3 -- The municipal authorities on Wednesday suspended junior engineer (JE) Anwar Rahi for failing to restore the road at the Sector 20/30 roundabout that later caved in during monsoon rains on Monday.

An order signed by the executive engineer read, "The JE failed to attend to the timely restoration of the road at Sector 20/30 roundabout despite the issuance of repeated instructions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) circulated by the office. The said road caving caused severe disruption to traffic and posed serious risks to public safety and human life."

This gross negligence and dereliction of duty on the part of the officer in question amounts to misconduct under Rule 11 of the Central Civil Services (Classifica...