Star of Mysore: Mysore: Wednesday, July 11, 2018.
“A lot of
encroachment has already happened on this stretch. I have taken the details
about the road development works under Right to Information (RTI) Act. The
works should progress in an orderly manner,” said RTI activist Ravi.
The villagers
of Hootagalli have warned of launching an agitation if the quality of road
works taken up by the Public Works Department (PWD) from Hootagalli Signal to
KRS Road is not met.
The 1,900
metre four-lane road work from Hootagalli Signal and the 300 metre two-lane
road work passing through Basappa Road and touching KRS Road is going on at a
cost of Rs. 5 crore. This includes the
work on drainage, footpaths and shifting of electric poles.
Already, the
first stage of the work is going on near Hootagalli. However, social workers,
Hootagalli leaders and the villagers allege that the quality of work is very
poor.
The villagers
feel that the survey should have been done first and then the required space
for the drain should have been left from the middle of the road.
Since the
work on the drainage has already begun, there is very little space left for the
footpath. If the work is haphazardly finished, then it will inconvenience the
pedestrians, the villagers said.
“A lot of
encroachment has already happened on this stretch. I have taken the details
about the road development works under Right to Information (RTI) Act. The
works should progress in an orderly manner,” said RTI activist Ravi.
First the
survey should be done and asphalting work in the middle of the road should be
finished and then the drainage work should be taken up. If they continue with
the work, then we will launch an agitation, he threatened.
Reacting to
the allegations of the villagers, PWD Assistant Executive Engineer Raju said
that the road work has been taken up at a cost of Rs. 5 crore. The villagers
are alleging that the government property has been encroached and we have
informed the Revenue Department. The surveyor has already started the work.
The work will
be taken up in stages and now the work on the drainage is going on. The
footpath work will be taken up after the Revenue Department gives its opinion,
the he added.
However, the
villagers demand that the encroachment must first be removed as it would not be
prudent to redo the work after succumbing to the pressures of the powers that be.
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