The Arunachal Times: Daporijo:
Friday, 31 July 2020.
Condemning
the poor execution of the work on the PMGSY road from 0 Point Menga road to
Lungte village, the All Giba Circle Vigilance Youth Forum alleged that the road
project has not been executed as per the guidelines prescribed by the
government.
“Giba,
one of the oldest circles of Upper Subansiri district, has been lagging far
behind in terms of necessities like road and electricity for the last 30 years.
The
villagers say that the PMGSY road which would be the lifeline for the villages
of the circle is also not being constructed properly. There is no quality of
work and technically, six-metre widening of the road during formation cutting
has not been done,” the forum said.
It added
that “there is no availability of machineries at the worksite and a junior
engineer is seen to monitor the work.”
According
to the forum, the road project was awarded to JJ Enterprise in 2017 and the
firm was supposed to complete the formation cutting under Phase-I within three
years from the date of commencement of the work, “with quality as per details
project report.”
It
claimed that “many subcontractors have been endorsed in the road project, which
led to compromising with the work quality due to lack of their work
experience.”
“Sand
has been used for filling the road without proper formation cutting,” the forum
alleged.
It said
40 percent of the fund for the road project “has already been released to
contractors without monitoring the quality of the work.”
Recently,
members of the forum had visited the worksite along with the state’s quality
monitoring team and found many lacunae in terms of the quality of work.
It filed
for information under the RTI Act, seeking details about the road project, but
the department concerned is reportedly yet to provide the documents asked for.
The
forum has sought the intervention of the local legislator and the higher
authority to ensure quality road work for the welfare of the people of Giba
circle.
The
circle, comprising 50 villages, has produced several officers and political and
social leaders, but is yet to see any development.
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