Two MCM sanitary inspectors suspended for missing crucial meet

Gurgaon: Municipal Corporation of Manesar (MCM) on Tuesday suspended two sanitary inspectors for skipping a crucial meeting and an inspection related to an ongoing controversy over door-to-door waste collection vehicles.MCM commissioner Pradeep Singh placed Sumit Kumar and Sumit Hooda under suspension with immediate effect pending disciplinary proceedings. According to the orders, the officials were absent from a meeting on May 22 and a vehicle inspection on May 24.“Subsequently, you were contacted via telephone but you did not respond. Furthermore, you did not inform any higher officials about your absence,” read the notice. They also failed to submit a satisfactory reply to a show-cause notice issued on May 25.The suspension orders described the conduct as “gross negligence, dereliction of duty and non-performance”.The action comes amid a storm over the inspection of vehicles by the mayor’s husband in her absence last month.Waste collection operations across Manesar came to a standstill after the private agency responsible for the service alleged harassment of its employees during an inspection on May 20. The contractor claimed the mayor’s husband, Rakesh Yadav, participated in the exercise despite holding no official position in the civic body, and that workers were intimidated during the process.The agency subsequently suspended operations, citing concerns over employee safety and dignity.A meeting of the MCM councillors, mayor Inderjeet Kaur Yadav and officials was called on May 22, and it was decided that a vehicle inspection would take place on May 24. Kumar and Hooda were not present for either.