Four-laning of NH: AASU seeks CM's intervention

Jorhat: The Jorhat district unit of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) has sought the Chief Minister's intervention to speed up the construction work of the four-laning of the National Highway passing through the district.

The AASU in a memorandum sent to the Chief Minister through the Jorhat Deputy Commissioner on Friday, urged him to intervene to speed up the construction work which is progressing at a snail's pace. Jorhat district unit president Sankalpa Gogoi stated that the work of the four-laning of the NH was being carried out at a snail's pace and was mired in malpractices, irregularities resulting in lot of difficulties for commuters while travelling through the main artery of Upper Assam.

Gogoi pointed out that two private companies were awarded contracts to execute the project but the contracts were terminated one after another in the past four years by NHIDCL, reportedly due to anomalies in implementation of the project, and the third company too had not accelerated the construction work.

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