The Rising People’s Party has slammed the Executive Engineer (EE) PWD (R&B), Phek district of issuing Completion Certificates of three road projects in the district to the contractor who has reportedly an affidavit in the High Court, Kohima Bench, stating that the projects were almost complete.
“This claim is false and an attempt to mislead the court,” RPP protested while questioning the EE on the motivation behind his actions.
The EE is reminded that in April 2022, the RPP had filed an FIR in the Meluri Police station against the then EE and the contractor on the basis of a fraudulent 100% Completion Certificate issued by the former. Given the background of massive fraudulent withdrawal amounting to Rs. 92, 39,27,000, the present EE should have been careful and circumspect enough not to stir the hornet’s nest given the sensitivity of the case, Rising People’s Party stated in its press release on Monday.
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RPP informed that the present EE has certified that “Akhen to Starlake” (1st Work-order) is 90% completed as of 9th September 2023 which it said was ‘false’ as the earth-cutting work is still incomplete and haphazard even after the lapse of 12 years and the whole stretch of this road is un-motorable.
“Regarding “Lephori to Molhe Post” (2nd Work-order) the Completion Certificate states that this road is 75% completed. How can the road be 75% completed when work on this stretch is yet to start?” RPP questioned. The party further urged the EE to visit the sites and check the overlapping of the projects works which has led to this particular work being abandoned.
Regarding “T.01 (Akash Bridge) to Kanjang”, the Rising People’s Party said that while the Completion Certificate claims that 93% of the work has been completed, out of the 38 km work project, at-least 40% is yet to be black-topped. Apart from the lipstick blacktopping, the contractor is yet to build culverts, retaining and breast walls, and side drains, it added.
The EE, Phek Division issued the Completion Certificate with malafide intent, it said while reming him that the public of Meluri has been suffering on account of corruption. Roads which should have been completed within 18 months has stretched to 12 years and instead of expediting the matter, that he has become a stumbling block is a matter of condemnation, it stated.
It advised the EE to immediately rectify the Completion Certificate and withdraw it as well from the High Court, Kohima Bench or else the party may be compelled to file a complaint against him, Rising People’s Party said.
