One Day and Three Bridges
Three bridges see light of the day:
Imphal, Dec 24: After long years of waiting, three bridges constructed by the Public Works Department (PWD) -- Keishamthong bridge, Singjamei bridge and Heirangoithong bridge were finally inaugurated and dedicated to the people on Monday.
However, Joint Action Committee on Singjamei Bridge Construction has taken strong exception to the inauguration of the bridge even before construction of the retaining wall and black-topping of the approach roads and contended that it is in violation of the agreement signed with the Chief Engineer of PWD.
Works Minister K Ranjit inaugurated the bridges one after another. Constructed over Imphal river, the Singjamei bridge was inaugurated at 9 am and Heirangoithong bridge and Keishamthong bridge that have been constructed over Nambul river were inaugurated at 10 am and 10.50 am respectively.
According to Chief Engineer of PWD Ng Rashtrapati under whose overall supervision the construction works were taken up, the construction work on Keishamthong bridge started in March 2004 under the State Plan.
However, due to acute shortage of State Plan fund, the work could not be executed. Hence, the required fund had been footed by the DoNER Ministry from the Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR). The total expenditure spent on the construction work was around Rs 3.58 crores, he said.
For the Singjamei bridge, the Chief Engineer said that the construction work began in July 2003 along with releasing a sum of Rs 2.23 lakhs from the State Plan. The actual project cost at completion of the bridge including the amount sanctioned under NLCPR was Rs 371.23 lakhs.
While for the Heirangoithong bridge, the construction work began in June 1997 along with a sum of Rs 58.67 lakhs from the State Plan and the work completed along with funding from CRF. The actual project cost at the completion of the bridge is Rs 98.43 lakhs, Rashtrapati said.
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Imphal, Dec 24: After long years of waiting, three bridges constructed by the Public Works Department (PWD) -- Keishamthong bridge, Singjamei bridge and Heirangoithong bridge were finally inaugurated and dedicated to the people on Monday.
However, Joint Action Committee on Singjamei Bridge Construction has taken strong exception to the inauguration of the bridge even before construction of the retaining wall and black-topping of the approach roads and contended that it is in violation of the agreement signed with the Chief Engineer of PWD.
Works Minister K Ranjit inaugurated the bridges one after another. Constructed over Imphal river, the Singjamei bridge was inaugurated at 9 am and Heirangoithong bridge and Keishamthong bridge that have been constructed over Nambul river were inaugurated at 10 am and 10.50 am respectively.
According to Chief Engineer of PWD Ng Rashtrapati under whose overall supervision the construction works were taken up, the construction work on Keishamthong bridge started in March 2004 under the State Plan.
However, due to acute shortage of State Plan fund, the work could not be executed. Hence, the required fund had been footed by the DoNER Ministry from the Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR). The total expenditure spent on the construction work was around Rs 3.58 crores, he said.
For the Singjamei bridge, the Chief Engineer said that the construction work began in July 2003 along with releasing a sum of Rs 2.23 lakhs from the State Plan. The actual project cost at completion of the bridge including the amount sanctioned under NLCPR was Rs 371.23 lakhs.
While for the Heirangoithong bridge, the construction work began in June 1997 along with a sum of Rs 58.67 lakhs from the State Plan and the work completed along with funding from CRF. The actual project cost at the completion of the bridge is Rs 98.43 lakhs, Rashtrapati said.
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