DIMAPUR, MARCH 29 (MExN): The Rengma Selo Zi (RSZ) today cautioned that it can no longer tolerate the excuse of “technical problems,” which it stated the Department of National Highway Nagaland has claimed for more than a decade, regarding the condition of the National Highway 2 (erstwhile NH-61) from Kilometer 40 to 72 between Tseminyu Sub-division and Wokha District.
A press note from the RSZ stated that it would have no hesitation to impose any agitations in any manner within its jurisdiction, “as the matter has gone beyond tolerance, which it considers as an Insult to the community.”
The RSZ informed that on October 31, 2016, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway Government of India dated NO.NH-12014/74/2015/NG/P-8 sent an administrative approval of financial sanction for strengthening and widening of two lane with paved shoulder of NH-61 from KM-40 to 72.40 KM with an approved sanctioned of Rs.340.2687 Crore, and as per the directive of MORTH Govt of India, the work was supposed to start by December 2016 and to be completed November 2019.
It was also directed that the work be awarded within six months from the issue of the date from the Ministry.
It questioned why the work has not been awarded till today to any contractor, and why open tender which was floated in the month of December 2016 was nullified or rejected and why the new tender was floated again on March 7 2017, when the approved sanctioned was about to be lapsed by April 2017.
The RSZ expressed skepticism about the functioning and system of the department “as it has been shifting blame game from one corner to another for many years and denying the right of the citizens.”
Expressing hope for a positive response from the government, the RSZ warned that it would impose any sort of agitation within its jurisdiction.
