WOKHA — Consequent upon a six-day ultimatum served to the district administration by five organisations of Wokha village pertaining to ongoing construction of NH-61 from Km 72.40 to Km 83, a joint inspection comprising executive engineer of PWD (NH) Kohima division; executive engineer of Power Wokha; executive engineer of PHED, Wokha, SDO (Civil) Wokha, SDO (NH) Wokha, and TTC Infra was conducted on Saturday.
[bsa_pro_ad_space id=1]It may be mentioned that Wokha Village Youth Organisation, Wokha Village Council, Wokha Village Women Organisation, Wokha Village Students’ Union and Wokha Village Elders’ Forum had submiited a joint representation to the deputy commissioner of Wokha on May 15.
During the joint inspection, measurements along the stretch were done by marking various areas required for reconstruction according to the detailed project report (DPR).
The committee lamented that compensations were not equally distributed according to the damaged cost. The committee has urged the construction firm and agencies involved in the ongoing road construction to utilise compensated land acquired for construction of the road.
The joint inspection team also found anomalies such as the poor material used for construction of breast walls, non standard drainage system, and culverts were not meeting the specified standard. The committee claimed that in many parts of the road, construction was not carried out according to the DPR.
It was also observed that some landowners have encroached even after receiving the compensation. In this regard, the committee has demanded for demolishing of such encroached land.
It was learned that the joint inspection would submit its report to the district administration for necessary action.