Bhopal, June 29 -- The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended seven engineers, including two chief engineers from the Public Works Department (PWD), over the controversial design of the newly constructed Rail Over Bridge (ROB) in the Aishbagh area of Bhopal, which features an unusually sharp 90-degree turn, media reports said.

The decision follows widespread public criticism and ridicule over the impracticality of the structure.

Among those suspended are chief engineers Sanjay Khande and G P Verma, in-charge executive engineers Javed Shakeel and Shabana Rajjaq, sub-divisional officer Ravi Shukla, sub-engineer Umashankar Mishra, and assistant engineer Shanul Saxena, according to PWD additional chief secretary Neeraj Mandloi, said the re...