Overview

• Daya Shankar Singh confronted a PWD executive engineer during a surprise midnight inspection after the Kathar Nala bridge was opened without his approval
• The engineer had previously declined to inaugurate the bridge pending formal safety tests and administrative clearance
• Singh accused BSP MLA Umashankar Singh of influencing the premature opening to deny him political credit
• The minister questioned the credibility of local PWD officials and cited Ballia’s long-standing failure to build basic drains since 2015 despite allocated funds
• Singh signaled that he will escalate the incident to senior state authorities to enforce procedural compliance