Goemkarponn desk
CANACONA – Stating the Contractor has once again taken u repair works on the two-year-old Manohar Parrikar Canacona Bypass Road (MPCBR), Canacona Congress and Goa Forward leaders a surprise quality checks of the works carried by Contractor MVR.
The mission is against the government’s inferior quality of road works, which we will not permit nor allow to continue’, Congress candidate in Canacona Janardhan Bhandari said.
According to Bhandari, the two-year-old MPCBR is constructed in a bad manner, and just to hoodwink the public, it is once again given lip service.
“On Monday, we gave a surprise visit to the ongoing Hot-mixing works, but as expected, we found that the gauge-level of the hot-mix layer is much less than the prescribed layer, which indicates hot mixing work is of poor quality, sub-standard and will be vanished too early,” he said.
“Besides, he said, the MPCBR, which is under 5 years warranty, is frequently taken up for repairs as the repairs vanish quickly enough as soon as repaired. What type of repairs are being carried out by the Contractor?” Bhandari asked.
Bhandari and Goa Forward leader Vikas Bhagat were seen questioning the Engineer/supervisor of Contractor (MVR) on the quality and standard of patchwork being carried out with thin layers than prescribed thickness!.
The Contractor and engineer explained that thickness is maintained to level uneven/depth portion on the road, and it’s different on every location.
However, the Congress group was reluctant to accept the theory put forth by the contractor’ Engineer and began to question him for the absence of PWD (Highway), Assistant Engineer, or Junior Engineer, Supervisor, Consultant Engineer, or any responsible person who can look after the quality of works being carried out.
The contractor engineer sought to call up the officials, but none of his calls were attended,
Janardhan Bhandari warned that Canconcars will not compromise with the quality of work and cautioned the Contractor not to test the anger of Canconkars. Otherwise, the people of Canacona will give a befitting lesson of life to the Contractor and the government.
The works were briefly held up but allowed to be carried out only in the presence of PWD Junior Engineer Nagaraj, who assured to supervise the works to be carried out by the Contractor under proper norms and standards.
Also present were Canacona Congress Block President Prahlay Bhagat, Secretary Cleston Viegas, Canacona Youth Congress president Vaishnav Pednekar, Canacona Mahila Congress Committee president Ursila de Costa, Congress Canacona Minority Cell president Gaspar Coutinho, Goa Forward leader Tubki, amongst others
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