MAPUSA
The State government has promoted three Superintending Engineers of the Public Works Department (PWD) to the rank of Chief Engineer on an ad-hoc basis with immediate effect.
The officers promoted are Lester D’Souza, Jude Carvalho and Armstrong Fernandes.
According to an order issued by Principal Chief Engineer of PWD Sandip K P Chodnekar, D’Souza, who is presently serving as Superintending Engineer at the PWD Project Office in Panaji, has been appointed Project Director of the JICA Project (Monitoring and Evaluation) on deputation for a period of one year.
Carvalho, presently Superintending Engineer in Circle Office III, Panaji, has been posted as Chief Engineer (Roads and Bridges), while Fernandes, who is serving as Superintending Engineer in Circle Office IV, Margao, has been posted as Chief Engineer-II at the PWD headquarters, Panaji.
The order states that all three officers will continue to hold charge of their respective existing posts until further orders, besides retaining additional charges assigned to them under earlier orders issued in February and April 2026.
