FIR filed against PWD officials

TURA: Combined organisations from South Garo Hills have filed an FIR against the Executive Engineer (EE) and SDO of State PWD Department in the district labelling allegations of neglect in performing their duties with regard to the repair of major roads in the district.
The filing of the FIR comes following a public meeting at Dimapara market on Wednesday in which local organisations from the district like GSU, ADE, CEPARD and others attended along with Nokmas, Sordars, church leaders and the public.
In the FIR filed with Baghmara Police station, the organizations alleged that no action has been taken on the breach of contract by CCL and other contractors, with regard to periodic repair of PWD Roads from Sibbari to Baromile and Chokpot to Asakgre both of which, are pending completion.
The organizations along with the people demanded in the FIR that strong action is initiated with regard to the matter as the incomplete road repair has led to inconvenience to the people of the whole region.
They also informed that as per the reply to an RTI filed earlier, it was learnt that the department had allotted the work of metalling and black topping of the road from Chokpot to Silkigre, to CCL Company on January 18 last year, with a time period of 18 months for its completion. However, they claimed that though the given time period is almost coming to an end, work on the road is far from completion.
It may be mentioned that Wednesday’s filing of the FIR is the outcome of a series of public meetings held over the past few days. Earlier, public meetings on the issue were also held at Baghmara, Gasuapara and Chokpot where people voiced their resentment towards the delay.