Dosanjh concert: XEN suspended for granting permit to install mobile towers at venue

Municipal commissioner Amit Kumar on Monday suspended an executive engineer from the civic body’s road division for granting unauthorised permission to Bharti Airtel Limited to set up three mobile towers on wheels at the Sector-34 exhibition ground during singer Diljit Dosanjh’s concert on December 14. Dosanjh concert: XEN suspended for granting permit to install mobile towers at venue The towers were reportedly installed temporarily to ensure uninterrupted network coverage during the event, which drew a large audience. Executive engineer Ajay Garg had reportedly instructed the telecom firm to deposit ₹20,000 plus GST into the MC’s bank account for the temporary installation. Subsequently, a show-cause notice was issued to Garg, which read, “It appears that you granted the permission without obtaining prior approval from the competent authority and without following the proper procedure required for granting such permissions.