Scams Spark: BMC Probe into Scams Sparks Staff Exodus

At least 20 engineers from different municipal departments have quit in past one year.

Greater scrutiny on BMC officials following a series of scams has triggered an exodus of municipal engineers, who are looking for 'safer jobs'.

At least 20 engineers from different BMC divisions have quit or taken voluntary retirement in the past one year. Two executive engineers with the scam-hit stormwater drains department — Pradeep Jaswani and Rajesh Nagrale — put in their papers earlier this month.