Upper Dzongu residents deplore lethargy in road construction work

WANGCHUK BHUTIA
MANGAN, 15 Jan: The public of Upper Dzongu have expressed dissatisfaction over the precarious condition of roads – especially the one starting from the CWC near Passingdang to Lingzya in Upper Dzongu. This stretch of road has been under construction - i.e. widening, back-cutting and black-topping - undertaken by contractor Rajesh Agarwal for the past two years.
The work, worth more than Rs. 16 crore, has only 9 to 10 labourers deputed on the site by the contractor, informed Samten Lepcha while speaking to NOW!. He further complained that although this casual approach has been brought to the notice of concerned authorities several times, no action has been taken and the condition of the road remains the same.
During the Chief Minister’s visit to Dzongu last year, the panchayats had raised this issue but the contractor’s assurances to increase the pace of work has still not materialised, the people add.
The condition of the road is such that even light vehicles and two wheelers find it difficult to manoeuvre through the sludge in the CWC area. The work is under the supervision of SPWD, the local public want to know what the authorities are doing in this regard.
Expressing their fears over the road conditions deteriorating in the monsoons, the public have appealed to the concerned department to look into the up-gradation of the roads at the earliest.