ABYSA irked over low quality works of roads

: Special Correspondent
SILCHAR, Jan 4: All Barak Youth Students’ Association (ABYSA) has expressed its deep concern at the method of work for the improvement of roads across the district of Cachar as well as the utilization of funds against them. It has also questioned the quality of work.

All this exposes the involvement of a vested circle of politicians, bureaucrats and contractors for whom self-aggrandizement is more important than public cause.

A delegation of ABYSA led by its chief convenor Baharul Islam Barbhuiya met the executive engineer of PWD Moloy Deb in his office on Saturday and wanted to know why the improvement work was going on in a haphazard manner without adhering to specifications laid down.
The delegation also asked him on what ground the roads from Sialtek to Baburbazar and Belakona to Dudhpur, even after laying down its foundation three years ago, could not be started. He pressed for placement of the Detail Project Report (DPR) before the public so that the reality about the road works could be known.

He also drew the attention of the executive engineer to mounting public criticism in rural areas about the low quality of works. Some of the rural citizens who have dared to complain have been implicated in cooked up charges and demanded withdrawal of cases against them.

The Association identified a contractor by name Nibha Deb who has been working on the road in a wayward manner, caring little for the officials of the department. It is really a sad commentary on the state of affairs in respect of implementation of projects and utilization of funds for the improvement of rural roads.

He cautioned if the works are not done fairly and in a proper manner, the Association would be left with no option other than to provoke mass protest and agitation. source: sentinel assam