SRINAGAR: Barring two, all other staff members of Roads and buildings (R&B) Sub Division Qazigund in south Kashmir were suspended on Wednesday.
An official spokesman said here on Wednesday Minister for Roads & Buildings and Mechanical Engineering Abdul Majid Wani today paid a surprise visit of Roads and Buildings Sub-Division Qazigund.
The Minister went round various sections of Sub-Division office and took stock of its functioning. He checked the attendance Register and found that only two officials including one official from clerical staff and one orderly were present in the office.
Assistant Executive Engineer, Bilal Ahmad Rishi, Junior Engineers and other staff members were found absent from duty.
The Minister directed the Commissioner Secretary, Roads and Buildings to put the absentees under suspension with immediate effect for dereliction of their duties.