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TN rural engineers say they are stuck without promotions for 15 years
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,…
The Story in Brief
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.
The Indian Opinion
The Tamil Nadu government’s huge Rs 39,609 crore rural development budget looks generous until you see the top-heavy staffing of other engineering departments with far smaller outlays. The engineers’ association is right to flag the absurdity of 450 Assistant Engineers frozen for 15 years while Water Resources enjoys 15 chief engineers. Yet the demand for five new chief engineers may overreach for a department whose core work is panchayat-level civil works. A fair test: will the government’s next departmental restructuring create even half the 370 posts sought?
Source: thehindu.com
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