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MCD was told to maintain drain in which toddler drowned, shows letter sent by I&FC dept last July
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MCD was told to maintain drain in which toddler drowned, shows letter sent by I&FC dept last July

The Indian Express·Gayathri Mani·27 days ago
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Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, meanwhile, on Tuesday demanded action against officials and engineers found responsible for the child's death. Following this, a contractual junior engineer from the I&FC department was dismissed from service with immediate effect, officials said. Two days after a two-year-old girl died after falling in an open drain in North Delhi’s Burari while playing outside her house, The Indian Express has learnt that the Irrigation and Flood Control (I&FC) department had written to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) last July to take over the management of the drain but it did not. According to the letter accessed by The Indian Express, the drain — located between Gujjar Chowk and Ramlila Ground in Mukundpur — was constructed by I&FC department. However, as it was a small drain, only 4 feet in width, the department had asked MCD to take over the drain for desilting purposes and also maintain it.…

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