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| Slipshod work on Udhampur-Ramban NH causing inconvenience to millions: Harsh Dev | | JKNPP protests outside NHAI office | |  EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Jan 27: Agitated over the ‘inordinate, inexplicable’ delay in construction of Udhampur–Chenani–Ramban stretch of National Highway (NH), the activists of Panthers Party led by Harsh Dev Singh JKNPP Chairman and former Minister held a massive protest demonstration outside the Regional Office of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Channi Himmat, Jammu and sought immediate construction and completion of the said road. The protestors carrying placards raised slogans against the NHAI, the Gammon India Construction Company besides the other executing agencies and contractors to whom the work had been sublet.
Speaking to media persons, Harsh Dev lamented that the Udhampur–Chenani stretch of the road was in complete disarray resulting in huge inconvenience to the commuters travelling between Jammu and Srinagar.
Singh said that there are huge traffic jams with vehicles remaining stranded for several hours each day on the same stretch due to dilapidated condition of the road whose plight has been worsened due to highly negligent and lackadaisical rather criminal approach of the construction company in executing the said work. Further the valley bound vehicles and other traffic to Doda and Ramban districts and tourist traffic to Patnitop is also delayed by several hours due to extremely pathetic condition of the road stretch. There are frequent accidents on the said road due to its shabby condition. Moreover the resentment among the locals of the area is brewing with each passing day against the executing agencies, he added.
“And while the construction company has miserably failed to execute the work, the NHAI is also accountable to the public for having given undue concessions and leverage to the construction company without any justifiable reason. The affected people besides the public of District Udhampur has been repeatedly representing the NHAI to take remedial penal action against the said company besides termination of the contract and its immediate completion but to no avail” he said. Strongly condemning the apathetic approach of NHAI and executing agencies, Singh called for immediate remedial action to stem the rot failing which the Panthers Party would be forced to gherao the concerned authorities besides approaching the Central Vigilance Organizations. |
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