# TN rural engineers say they are stuck without promotions for 15 years 2026-08-15T18:06:09+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Tamil Nadu Rural Development Engineers Association has complained that 450 Assistant Engineers in the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department have been stuck without promotion for over 15 years. The department, which got a budget of Rs 39,609 crore in the recent state Budget, has only two Chief Engineers and three Superintending Engineers, the association said. In contrast, the Water Resources Department, allocated Rs 9,264 crore, has 15 Chief Engineers and 39 Superintending Engineers, while the Highways and Minor Ports Department, with Rs 21,524 crore, has 10 Chief Engineers and 35 Superintending Engineers. The association has demanded creation of 200 posts for Assistant Engineers, 100 Assistant Executive Engineers, 50 Executive Engineers, 15 Superintending Engineers and five Chief Engineers. It also called for district-level quality control labs on the lines of the Highways Department. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Highways and Minor Ports Department, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Tamil Nadu, Water Resources Department Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/tn-rural-engineers-say-they-are-stuck-without-promotions-for-15-years/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/tn-rural-engineers-say-they-are-stuck-without-promotions-for-15-years/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/