NONGPOH: Aggrieved with the tardy pace of constructions and inordinate delay in implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes in Ri Bhoi District sanctioned in 2011, the Ri Bhoi Youth Development & Social Organization (RBYD&SO) on Tuesday denounced the Meghalaya government and the Meghalaya Urban Development Authority and held them accountable and answerable over the delay.
Among the host of abandoned or incomplete schemes is the Solid Waste Management project of Rs. 600.16 lakh at Umshangling village and construction of 240 units under the Housing for Urban Poor project of Rs 918.15 lakh at Umbuda village which had been abandoned by the government.
Informing this to The Shillong Times, RBYD&SO president Arnold Syngkli said as per the information sought by the organization from the MUDA under the RTI Act, 2005, it was found that the construction of the housing units entrusted to one contractor Leborlang Lyngdoh who was engaged by the Hindustan Prefabs Ltd. (HPL) had abandoned the project and the company had left the project unattended due to the demand for price escalation made by the contractor.
Construction of the housing units began in August 2011 and the HPL spent an amount of Rs. 372. 56 lakh while the remaining amount of Rs. 545.59 lakh had to be refunded to the Central government since the project could not be completed on time, the organisation stated.
Syngkli further informed that the Solid Waste Management project sanction at Umshaling village at an amount of Rs. 600.16 lakh has been facing tardy progress since the firm M/s Marbaniang Enterprise was dilly dallying on the project.
Quoting the RTI documents, Syngkli informed that the contractor engaged for the job has spend a total amount of Rs. 527.43 lakh but the work is very far from being completed. He also blamed MUDA for not taking to task the concerned contractor for delaying the project.From Our Correspondent
