India, April 11 -- Pune municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram on Friday suspended four civic staffers, including an executive engineer, a junior engineer, and two sanitary inspectors, a day after hundreds of dead fish were found floating in Pashan Lake, citing gross environmental negligence.

The action followed an on-site inspection by Ram on Friday, April 10, which revealed that a sewage treatment plant (STP) in the Pashan Lake area was non-operational, leading to the direct discharge of untreated wastewater into the reservoir. Officials said the untreated inflow severely contaminated the lake, resulting in foul odour and a sudden, large-scale fish kill.

Those suspended include executive engineer Ajaykumar Vayase and junior engineer...