Mini Barrage Dam at Wangjing caved in
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Kakching, August 23 2014 : Raising serious question on the maintenance of the quality of the work being executed, the main canal of the Mini Barrage Dam which is under construction near Wangjing Hodamba Canteen Lampak with funding from Ministry of DoNER as part of the NLCPR projects, has been caved in by around 30 feet.

Taking serious note of the matter, Loumi Lup Wangjing and All Wangjing Development Organisation that contended the caving in of the min canal of the under construction Mini Barrage dam is the clear sign that no quality of the work has been maintained in the construction work.

The construction work on the Mini dam began towards the end of 2011 .

When a joint team of Loumi Lup Wangjing and All Wangjing Development Organisation accompanied by media persons today went to inspect the condition of the Mini Dam Houkhiba, it was found that in addition to caving in of the main canal by around 50 feet, cracks have appeared along the main canal at many parts.

Mini Barrage Dam at Wangjing caved in

Talking to media persons during the inspection visit, Joint Secretary of All Wangjing Development Organisation Ch.

Suranjoy said that it was very unfortunate that the contractor and the sub-contractors have executed the work without quality control.

The Dam is supposed to provide irrigational facilities to vast tract of agricultural land in Wangjing area.

But these contractor and sub-contractors think only about their own profit and nothing about the welfare of the people, he lamented.

Suranjoy further pointed out that last year; construction work on the Dam was forced to be shut down by the angry people as the specifications mentioned in the DPR were not followed.

It was only after a joint meeting of the local MLA, contractor and the people that the construction work was allowed to be resumed following assurance that all the specifications mentioned in the DPR would be adhered to, he recalled.

"However, as the hope of the people has been belied again, we do not want the contractor to continue the work and the construction work has been banned once again", Suranjoy announced, while appealing to the authorities concerned to hand over the work to an agency which is at the level of either the Chief Engineer or the Department or to someone who can understand the pulse of the people.

He also drew the attention of the authorities concerned for conducting a spot inspection to confirm the present condition of the dam.