N Neilo Koza
The road transport infrastructure development is the ingredient for the economic development of any region. Hence deserves high priority for budgetary resource allocation, so that it ensures, effective participation of all region of the state in economic development with special attention to integrating remote regions into the economic mainstream by providing mobility and accessibility of movement both passenger and goods.
The Border Road Organization takes up major roads projects only when the full funds are made available to them. On completion of the same when maintenance funds are not provided the roads are forcefully handed over to the state PWD. The BRO should not only proclaim that they creates and connects but they must know the failures since the people are the users and have a right to know where things are going wrong.
I appreciate the timely repair works undertaken by BRO although poor in quality, the road surface are kept presentable. The state PWD fails in many fronts due to constrains and factors although the Department is said to be maintaining a road length of 10130 Kms. The maintenance fund provided is negligible as per the Budget.
The NH-29 the oldest road in the state was handed over to BRO as executing Agency with the consent of the state Government by the Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways back in 1973. Being the National property the Ministry provides funds for plan/improvement and maintenance and repair works annually.
Some of the defects are worth pointing to the public and BRO officials to examine. The NH-29 is a two lane category road, but do not confirm to specification in information width, geometric standard in curves, shoulders etc. The whole road width, carriageway is carpeted up to the edge, leaving no over taking lane and in fact misleading the road users causing too many accidents.
The provision for paving the shoulders in the built up areas as per Ministry’s guideline has never been adhered to even within Kohima town itself. The works of rigid pavement (PCC) near BOC and Mohonkhola at Kohima are the best examples of bad workmanship. Illogical and unscientific wasteful construction of few retaining works can be seen but some very important portions are left unattended.
The road users are so tolerant for the last so many years, and the BRO is maintaining the roads as per their conveniences and fancies. It is time the road users and public voices out the state affairs of the National Highways in particular so that the condition of the road is the same standard as that the other highways of the country.
The Border Road Organization takes up major roads projects only when the full funds are made available to them. On completion of the same when maintenance funds are not provided the roads are forcefully handed over to the state PWD. The BRO should not only proclaim that they creates and connects but they must know the failures since the people are the users and have a right to know where things are going wrong.
I appreciate the timely repair works undertaken by BRO although poor in quality, the road surface are kept presentable. The state PWD fails in many fronts due to constrains and factors although the Department is said to be maintaining a road length of 10130 Kms. The maintenance fund provided is negligible as per the Budget.
The NH-29 the oldest road in the state was handed over to BRO as executing Agency with the consent of the state Government by the Union Ministry of Road Transport & Highways back in 1973. Being the National property the Ministry provides funds for plan/improvement and maintenance and repair works annually.
Some of the defects are worth pointing to the public and BRO officials to examine. The NH-29 is a two lane category road, but do not confirm to specification in information width, geometric standard in curves, shoulders etc. The whole road width, carriageway is carpeted up to the edge, leaving no over taking lane and in fact misleading the road users causing too many accidents.
The provision for paving the shoulders in the built up areas as per Ministry’s guideline has never been adhered to even within Kohima town itself. The works of rigid pavement (PCC) near BOC and Mohonkhola at Kohima are the best examples of bad workmanship. Illogical and unscientific wasteful construction of few retaining works can be seen but some very important portions are left unattended.
The road users are so tolerant for the last so many years, and the BRO is maintaining the roads as per their conveniences and fancies. It is time the road users and public voices out the state affairs of the National Highways in particular so that the condition of the road is the same standard as that the other highways of the country.
It is aware that Organization (BRO) will react to this article and may resort to other means to justify these actions, but this is published with the aim to improve the working system of all Organization not only the BRO but also the state Department.
