Complaint lodged against NHIDCL over road construction in Dibang Valley district

Rohit Mele, a social activist of Arunachal Pradesh, has lodged a complaint with State’s Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar against the National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited
Complaint lodged against NHIDCL over road construction in Dibang Valley district

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ITANAGAR: Rohit Mele, a social activist of Arunachal Pradesh, has lodged a complaint with State's Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar against the National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) regarding delay in construction of the 115-km Damro-Samebasti-Etalin road in the Dibang Valley district.

In a letter to the Chief Secretary, Mele stated that the project had initially been taken up by the Border Roads Organization (BRO) for construction and was subsequently transferred in 2018 to the NHIDCL for further execution of the work.

Informing that payment of Rs 1,93,13,200 has already been made for compensatory afforestation and Rs 6,33,82,500 for net present value, Mele stated in the letter that the forest clearance has already been accorded by the authority for both the stretches of the project: Dumro-Etalin (0.0 km to 15 km) and Dumro-Etalin (15 km to 30 km).

"Despite fulfilling the requirement for initiating the construction work for the said project in a package-wise manner, there still remains no initiation from the executing agency so far," Mele said.

He also lamented that there has been no review of the status of the project even though the road is considered strategically important.

"The State Government is yet to start the land acquisition process despite the approach made by the landowners for assessment of private land before the Dibang Valley Deputy Commissioner," he claimed, and added that "the grievances of the poor project-affected landowners have not been heard and landed on deaf ears."

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