Riangdo-Athiabari-Boko road in utter disrepair five months after construction

NONGSTOIN: Taking cognizance of the pathetic condition of the road leading to Boko in Assam from Riangdo via Athiabari in West Khasi Hills District, local legislator cum MDC of Rambrai, K.P. Pangniang, on Thursday slammed M/S Agarwal and Co., for its failure to neither execute the construction work properly nor carry out the renovation work as per the standard norms.
“The work done by M/S Agarwal Co. cannot be termed as black topping but it is rather black painting,” Pangniang alleged, while stating that though the project was meant to construct a wider road from the existing one, the road was neither widened nor even repaired properly.
Interestingly the road was completed barely five months back but has begun to show significant traces of wear out and the road condition is back to the way it was, Pangniang said.
“Many a times due to the very bad condition of the road vehicles have broken down and brought traffic to a stagnant position gravely affecting the movement of commuters. The worst affected ones are those in need of urgent medical attention,” Pangniang said, while adding that most of the black-topping of the said road has been completely washed out and huge potholes have surfaced with big sharp boulders springing out all along the road rendering the highway unfit even for horse-carriages to ply through.
Pangniang also slammed the State PWD for not clearing the debris of a landslide that had occurred two months back.