Already under the burden of cash crunch, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is now facing a human resource crisis as well.
They are being lured away by the pvt sector.
Already under the burden of cash crunch, the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is now facing a human resource crisis as well. Four officials, including an additional chief engineer, have put in their papers in the past two months. All of them have joined private infrastructure companies.
MSRDC is in the process of constructing some of the major infrastructure projects in the entire state. One among these ambitious projects is the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), which is yet to see the light of the day. But two employees of the corporation who were in charge of this project - Vijay Gargav (additional chief engineer) and Vinay Sharma (superintendent engineer) - have resigned. Gargav was also in charge of the skywalk projects which is being implemented along with MMRDA. Their exit is likely to further delay of these projects. VD Kulkarni, another superintendent engineer, along with Satish Patki (executive engineer) have also said goodbye to MSRDC. Kulkarni and Patki were looking after East West water transport project, Versova-Bandra Sea Link project and some other flyover projects such as the one being built near the airport on Western Express Highway.
“Although it has been a trend to quit government jobs and join private companies, the latest development will definitely hamper the speed of the project,” sources in the organisation told DNA. However, some of the officials were quick to respond saying that other than MTHL and skywalk projects, the other projects were in the ‘not so important’ list of the corporation. Hence, the exit of the engineers will not pinch MSRDC. Despite several attempts, none of the officials who have resigned were available for comment.
MSRDC joint managing director Jayant Nashikkar confirmed that these employees have quit. “With the boom in the infrastructure industry, engineers have ample opportunities. They get offers with hefty packages. But it is not correct to say that this will hamper the speed of our project. As you can understand, we are a state government company. We do get a lot of backing from the Public Works Department. If some of our employees have resigned, there will be either fresh recruitment or we can always get PWDengineers on deputation,” said Nashikkar.
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