CBI files cases against retired railway engineer, others over project irregularities

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CBI has filed two cases over allegedly unauthorised railway construction in Tamil Nadu. The disputed bridges and retaining wall allegedly caused losses of about Rs 4 crore.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two cases against a retired Southern Railway engineer and several others over alleged irregularities in construction work on a new broad-gauge railway line in Tamil Nadu, news agency Press Trust of India reported, citing officials.

The alleged irregularities in the 17.75-km Milavittan-Melamarudur section caused losses of around Rs 4 crore, according to the CBI.

The agency named Muhammed Salaiya, then deputy chief engineer in Southern Railway's Madurai construction division, in both FIRs.

William Jai, then an executive engineer in the division, and others were also named in one of the cases, officials told PTI.

The section in Tuticorin district is part of the proposed Madurai-Tuticorin route.

The Railway Board sanctioned the project in March 2014 at an estimated cost of Rs 120.70 crore, according to the FIRs.

In the first case, the CBI alleged that two minor bridges were built without approval even though the Railways had approved only one.

A contract for the two structures was awarded to a firm owned by Y Chinna Reddy on October 3, 2016, "without obtaining prior approval from the competent authority", the agency alleged.

The bridges were completed on July 10, 2017, at a cost of Rs 3.59 crore.

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