New Delhi: The murder of a project engineer who works on behalf of NHAI by four people, including the owner of a Gurgaon-based construction company, has been shocking for consultant engineers, making them worry about giving their views or opinions “who are impartial” to them.
on infrastructure projects.
Victims, Rajinder Kumar Chawla worked with AECOM, one of the largest consulting companies in the world.
Many are worried that the incident will have an impact on the construction industry.
This is probably the first example of the Managing Director of a construction company arrested for killing a NHAI engineer who oversees the project, although there have been examples of construction companies that threaten and drive consulting engineers and get physical sources, physical sources say.
Police Jaipur on Friday arrested Karandeep Shooran, Head of E5 Infrastructure Pvt Ltd and the other four.
The source in Nhai said E5 is a concern of the Gawar Construction Ltd., which has emerged as a major player in recent years.
“The government must take hard action against murderers and others are responsible for this.
Independent consultants are government representatives and they protect the public interest.
They must get protection from the government so that they can continue to carry out their duties independently and the public interest,” said Raj Kumar, CMD from a rodic consultant.
K K Kapila, Chairperson of the Indian Consultant Association Association Business Practice Committee said the contract and consultation industry were two pillars.
“This incident is surprising.
We hope that investigations will be resolved quickly and this cannot be accepted by any industry,” he added.
Chawla, has started his career as an engineer at PWD Haryana and also works in Nhai and NHIDCL on representatives for more than five years.
After retiring, he joined the consulting company.
“He is an upright engineer.
The consultant engineer is tasked with working without being biased and fear.
He is involved in several projects including one of the most difficult projects of flyovers and cloverleaf on the freight border in Delhi,” said one of Chawla’s colleagues.
Engineers based in Gurgaon survived his wife and two children, who settled abroad.
The consulting company (AECOM) is likely to withdraw from the project.
E5 infrastructure was founded in 2015.
The company’s website said it was executing 13 projects including emergency landing facilities on the Srinagar-Banihal NH structure and additional structures at Delhi-Agra withdrawing NH.
The list of clients includes NHAI, the Ministry of Road Transportation, NHIDCL, Indian train and Indian airport authorities.
Murder of Gurgaon-based project engineers, sending shock waves in the construction industry
