The East-West corridor connecting Gandhinagar in Gujarat with Silchar in Assam is unlikely to be completed within June 2012, the second deadline that the Centre had set.
Going by the present status of the work, it seems that the 85-km project undertaken on National Highway-28 would take several more years to complete. Hyderabad-based Progressive Construction Limited (PCL) was entrusted with the task of constructing the national highway passing through Gopalganj by June 12, 2012. Atal Bihari Vajpayee had granted permission for the East-West Corridor that would connect Gujarat, Haryana, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam. The first deadline that the government had set for the project was 2008.
The Gopalganj district administration has written letters to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), expressing concern over the fate of the project.
District magistrate Pankaj Kumar said three letters have been sent over the years to the NHAI, Muzaffarpur, seeking speedy work. He added that nothing has been done to expedite the project so far.
Going by the present status of the work, it seems that the 85-km project undertaken on National Highway-28 would take several more years to complete. Hyderabad-based Progressive Construction Limited (PCL) was entrusted with the task of constructing the national highway passing through Gopalganj by June 12, 2012. Atal Bihari Vajpayee had granted permission for the East-West Corridor that would connect Gujarat, Haryana, New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Assam. The first deadline that the government had set for the project was 2008.
The Gopalganj district administration has written letters to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), expressing concern over the fate of the project.
District magistrate Pankaj Kumar said three letters have been sent over the years to the NHAI, Muzaffarpur, seeking speedy work. He added that nothing has been done to expedite the project so far.
The work on the corridor has not stopped, but the progress is definitely slow. “It is likely to be finished by March 2013.A team from World Bank had inspected the project site in 2010 and found that only 17.63 per cent work was completed in the Gopalganj zone. Miffed over it, it stopped payment for the construction of the two packages.
In a report, the World Bank had stated that funds to the tune of crores had been misappropriated and the project was suffering because of this. In 2012, the road construction department and the NHAI set a fresh deadline of June 2012.
In a report, the World Bank had stated that funds to the tune of crores had been misappropriated and the project was suffering because of this. In 2012, the road construction department and the NHAI set a fresh deadline of June 2012.
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