India, Sept. 28 -- The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has reported to have given in-principle approval to converting a bungalow occupied earlier by its former CEO Udit Prakash Rai, a 2007 batch IAS officer after he allegedly razed a historical monument, into an engineering training centre. "In-principle approval has been given to convert the bungalow into a human resource and engineering training centre," a source said. In 2023 a major controversy erupted when Delhi Government's vigilance department initiated an inquiry against the IAS officer and other officials for allegedly demolishing a 15th-century structure to build his official bungalow in Lajpat Nagar's Kilokri on a land belonging to DJB.

The bungalow was built when Rai was the jal board'...