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Chief Minister gets trapped in guest room, Faulty door lands PWD engineer in trouble

  • Personal staff of Chief Minister had informed the assistant engineer about the faulty door
  • He did not visit the place or bothered to ensure that the defect was rectified
  • The Chief Minister himself ordered suspension of official
Faulty door PWD engineer suspended Chief Minister trapped

A defective door has led to the suspension of the assistant executive engineer of Public Works Department (PWD) in Kerala. Chief Minister himself ordered the suspension of the officer after he got trapped inside a room at the guest house during an official trip. 
 

PWD assistant engineer A S Sura was suspended for dereliction of duty after he failed to make sure that the door of Chief Minister's room at Aluva Palace guest house is fixed. Though the personal staff of Pinarayi Vijayan has informed about the faulty door, the engineer did not bother to visit or ensure that the defect was rectified. However, he assigned a person to fix the issue by lubricating the faulty door latch. 
 

The Chief Minister, who was in town on Friday, stayed at the guest house at night. His personal staff had informed assistant engineer about the faulty latch in the morning itself. However, in the evening, when Vijayan returned, it was found that he was not able to lock the door from inside. To add to this, in the morning door got locked accidentally, trapping the Chief Minister inside. Later, the brass handles of the door were cut using marble cutters to rescue the Chief Minister. 
 

Tourism Department had submitted a written complaint to PWD, in May, about the faulty latches and locks of rest house. However, no action was initiated citing lack of funds. 
 

The door of room No 107, the one used by previous Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan have been remaining dysfunctional for years. But the veteran never raised any concern as his room was guarded by armed security personnel, during his tenure as Chief Minister and Opposition Leader. 

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