Kohima, May 25 (MExN): The Nagaland Contractors' & Suppliers' Union (NCSU) has clarified to all the NGOs and general public that the NCSU has no intention to get the contract works for its our own benefits, “but we are standing for the welfare and benefits of the Nagas in general.”
Reacting to a press release by Chakroma GB Union, NCSU maintained that it is not at all against the construction of four lane Kohima-Dimapur road which was awarded to Maytas & Gayatri (13 km/one package).
As mentioned by the GB Union, NCSU said, the local contractors are not equally qualified or competent when compared with the multi-crore company from other Indian states.
“But if we do not voice out our rights like in the case of the construction of Naga Hospital Kohima by M/s. Dunlop Company, where only 25% of the work had been haphazardly done and left, Nagas in general will suffer only,” it stated.
Likewise, the contractors’ union said, the construction of two-lane road under SARDP project covering 332 km amounting to Rs, 1130 crore, which was undertaken by the Maytas & Gayatri and sublet to M/S Ratna, is the biggest ever project in Nagaland but is now completely abandoned for more than five years without completing even a single kilometer.
Therefore, the NCSU demanded that the Maytas & Gayatri (JV) should first complete the two-lane road under SARDP project within the stipulated time given by the Court Commission and only then take up other new projects in Nagaland, stated the release issued by NCSU General Secretary, John Kath.
Stating that it is ready to co-operate with the company after it fulfills its demands, the NCSU reaffirmed to initiate its own course of action in the interest of general public if the company fails to comply.
