R&B urged to issue pending work orders

The approaching monsoon is posing another problem for the Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC). Work orders for a number of segments remain pending, leaving the work completed thus far, vulnerable to the rains. 

 
The NFHRCC has urged the department concerned to issue work orders for the remaining sectors. At a meeting on April 1, NFHRCC disclosed that work in the Mokokchung sector was halted as no fresh work order was sanctioned. NFRCC maintained that earth cutting should be done before the onslaught of the monsoon.

Some 3.7 kilometers of fresh cutting was completed in the Longtho segment of Mokokchung sector in January, after work begun in December, 2013. No fresh work order was sanctioned after that, leaving personnel and machinery idle for two months. It further roused the question of reimbursing the contractor, for leaving the machinery left idle during the period.  The department is said to have responded that no fresh work order was issued, due to the Lok Sabha polls and the election code of conduct.    So far, the PWD (Roads & Bridges) has sanctioned work in the Wokha sector and at a portion (Longtho segment) in the Mokokchung sector; while, Mon, Longleng and Dimapur sectors remain untouched. Interestingly, the original work order for the Longtho segment was 2.5 kms but at completion, it stretched 3.7 kms.