Damaged Nongsaba Gate cause of public concern
Source: Chronicle News Service
Jiribam, January 22 2023:
Nongsaba Sanathong (Gate) which was inaugurated by chief minister N Biren in 2021 has become a cause of public safety concern as several parts of the gate have got damaged.
In the past few months, several parts of the gate such as roofing sheets, cement plaster and unremoved scaffold planks started falling off, thus, threatening public safety.
A two-wheeler vehicle also suffered damage when a plank used in the scaffold, left untended, fell on the parked vehicle on Friday.
Concerned local people decried the silence of the department concerned even after the recent incidents.
They also contended that the gate was inaugurated before proper completion of the construction and once it was inaugurated, further necessary works were abandoned.
Portions of the scaffold were also left by the workers, the local people said while drawing attention of the government for making necessary repairing at the earliest.
Since the beginning of the construction and after the inauguration, several people of the district raised concern over the way the work was executed.
This daily tried to contact senior officials of PWD Jiribam to seek their opinion but could not meet them as they were out of station.