The Shillong Times: Shillong: Friday, July 20, 2018.
A Garo
organization is moving RTI for details pertaining to a road project where the
‘famed’ German technology was claimed to have been used in it’s construction.
Less than six months of the completion of the Mendipathar to Resubelpara road
in North Garo Hills, it’s wear and tear is showing with the tarmac having been
stripped and potholes reportedly surfacing.
” We are
filing an RTI to find out whether the road construction was taken up as per the
Detailed Project Report because how can a newly laid road become damaged so
soon,” said director of the A’chik Indigenous Justice Initiative Forum, Alex K
Sangma.
The firm CCL
Infrastructure, which was reportedly
granted the contract, has been accused by the AIJIF of using substandard
materials and poor engineering while laying the road despite crores of public
funds having been utilised.
The quality
of the construction work began to be questioned after the company began repair
work on several stretches of the newly laid road barely a few months ago.
“Cement and
stone chips were rolled over some of damaged sections as part of repair work,
unsuccessfully. Our question is as to why repairs are required on a new road,”
queried the AIJIF organization.
It has
further accused the construction firm of delaying several other road projects
in the Garo Hills, particularly the South Garo Hills road for which it was
allegedly pulled up by the district administration.
A similar
situation arose over the affected Mendipathar-Resubelpara road construction
which allegedly took three years to complete, in place of six months, despite
repeated reminders to the firm by the district administration.
“First the
project was delayed, then it was poorly constructed and now even the repair
works are substandard. We will not hesitate to file a case against the
company,” stayed the Garo group AIJIF.
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