Tahir Mushtaq
RAMBAN, Apr 1:
Construction work on 7 Km under construction Chanderkote-Sawni road has been
hanging in balance for last many years, confronting residents of the area to
gross inconvenience.
Locals alleged
that the work on the said road was started around eight years back but no one
from the Public Works Department (PWD) visited the site to review the
construction work.
Executive
Engineer (XEn) PWD Ramban, Amar Singh Katoch repeatedly ducked questions of
this correspondent on the status of the road.
Ironically, as
per the locals and labourers who were engaged on construction work said that
the XEn never visited this site.
District
Development Commissioner (DDC) Ramban Bashir Ahmed Dar when contacted said that
he will call an official meeting and discuss the progress in connection with
the Chanderkote-Sawni road, and try to find out the reason of delay in
completion of the work.
He further said
the manually construction work on the said road is time consuming and it will
never be finished if done without machinery.
It is pertinent
to mention here that from the past about eight years the PWD R&B Department
with the financial help of NABARD has started the work of seven kilometer
Chanderkote-Sawni road in district Ramban, but due to the negligent attitude of
the department the work is still on snail's pace.
The department
has approved the work at the estimated cost of Rs 407.09 Crore including the
construction of road and compensation of land.
During rainfall
the residents of the said area live under constant threat of landslide due to
unfinished work.
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