Arunachal: Youths of East Kameng district stop ongoing PMGSY road project

ITANAGAR: Youths of East kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh stopped the work of PMGSY road in their village as the black topping quality was of lowest level during their survey.

All Pipu Gyawe-Purang Youth Welfare Association (APGYWA) visited the Attarang to Pipu (31 KM) stage-II PMGSY road of East kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh and found the lowest quality of work done by the contractors.

The youths tried to stop the low quality work and urged the contractors to start work again with best materials and best quality.

Akhil Cheda, President of the All pipu gyawepurang youth association urged the government to take action against the contractors of Pradhan mantri sadak yojana in their circles and stop their payments as they are doing low grade black topping work which won't last one monsoon season.

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), was launched by the Govt. of India to provide connectivity to unconnected Habitations as part of a poverty reduction strategy. Govt. of India is endeavoring to set high and uniform technical and management standards and facilitating policy development and planning at State level in order to ensure sustainable management of the rural roads network.

According to latest figures made available by the State Gosurvey to identify Core Network as part of the PMGSY programme, about 1.67 lakh Unconnected Habitations are eligible for coverage under the programme.

Pema khandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal assured that good quality road work will be done in the remote East kameng district and any contractors found using low material will be terminated from their tender work.