2 fall into pits: SDM issues show-cause notice to Nayagaon EO
Hindustan TimesTwo days after a 14-year-old school student and a woman fell into two huge pits dug by municipal council staff for removing blockage in sewer lines near Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chowk, sub-divisional magistrate Gurmandar Singh on Wednesday issued a show-cause notice to the executive officer of Nayagaon MC. Sub-divisional magistrate Gurmandar Singh said Nayagaon MC officials should have covered the pits and such negligence cannot be tolerated as public safety should be the top priority during development works. Human rights body takes suo motu cognisance Punjab State Human Rights Commission on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of the incident. “The Commission has perused the detailed news-clipping viral in social media under the caption ‘No warning sign: 2 fall into pits dug by Nayagaon MC’, bringing to light the gross negligence on part of the Nayagaon Civic body due to which two persons, including a 14-year-old school student and a woman, fell into two huge pits dug by MC staff to remove blockage in sewer lines near Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chowk.
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