Lucknow, March 26 -- The UP rural water supply department has taken action against 26 engineers for negligence and delays in implementing the Jal Jeevan Mission. Anurag Srivastava, additional chief secretary of the Namami Gange and rural water resources department, announced the suspension of 12 engineers, including those of executive, assistant and junior engineer ranks. He also said departmental inquiries have been ordered against four executive engineers, show cause notices were issued to three executive engineers for slow project progress, and seven engineers have been transferred based on complaints against them. The rural water supply department is working in mission mode, following Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's direction, to ensure tap water reaches every rural household, he said. The additional chief secretary said that if the performance of the engineers and employees does not improve, strict action, including dismissal from service will be taken.htc...