DIMAPUR, AUGUST 26 (MExN): The Puilwa Students Union (PSU) today expressed dismay at the “poor workmanship, negligence and non-completion of road construction of the Kohima-Leikie road junction to Tepuiki-Barak via old and New Puilwa, in Peren District.
The PSU in a press note informed that M/s Jordan Construction Company was allotted work on this road phase wise from 2009-2016 by Chief Engineer PWD (R&B).
It said that phase 1 of the work was allotted “with terms and condition that the works should be completed within 18 months.” “Yet, the said work is still incomplete, inefficient and still found wanting, despite having withdrawn the total amount sanctioned for it,” the PSU said.
Phase-II of the road, the PSU further informed was allotted “with terms and condition for completion within 24 months, but in the said road, only 60% of the works have been completed till date, though the total amount due for the work has already been withdrawn without complete execution of work.”
The phase-III work was also allotted to the same company, with the term and conditions that it should be completed within 24 months, i.e. January 2013. “Here, even the formality ground works is yet to be completed, not to talk about the blacktopping, which is yet to begin,” the PSU said. It meanwhile alleged that “when it comes to financial transaction it was found that they have already withdrawn about 75% of the sanctioned amount.”
The PSU asked the PWD (R&B) to look into the complaints already made by the New Puilwa Village Council on this issue and appealed that “all financial transactions against Ms/ Jordan construction company Ltd. against this particular road construction so mentioned above, to be withheld/ kept in abeyance till all works are completed and verified.”
It further asked the department to conduct physical verification of the said road and institute appropriate necessary actions.
The PSU cautioned that “failure to complete the above work shall in no way be accepted, and any issues or consequences arising out the failure/non-completion of this NLCPR road project, the concerned Department/Officer issuing the completion certificate and M/S Jordan Construction Company ltd. shall be held wholly responsible for it.”
