RTI alleges flawed road project
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, December 01 2023:
Suspicious over lack of quality control of the on-going construction of Minuthong-Malom stretch of NH-02 and NH 202 roads, an individual has filed RTI to the Public Works Department and demanded issuance of relevant documents of the project.
After floating tender for construction of 459.930km to 465.200km of NH-02 and NH 202 roads stretching from Minuthong to Malom through Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) mode under the National Highway Division of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), the firm namely M/s MCS (Manipur based) which emerged L1 was allotted the work order.
The agency began construction of the road stretch (Minuthong to Malom) on both the sides and black-topping work at Kwakeithel area is progressing at present.
However, a person named Aribam Jankinath hailing from Porompat Thawanthaba Leikai in Imphal East district filed an RTI after the matter of lack of work specification of the project came up.
Jankinath filed the RTI at SPIO (SE headquarters) of the Public Works Department, Government of Manipur on November 23 under Section 6 of the RTI Act, 2005 and demanded relevant documents of the project sanctioned in the year 2022-23 .