HT Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, May 23: The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) on Monday staged a human chain protest at Lepetkata in Dibrugarh over the slow pace of the ongoing four-lane project work between Moran town and Dibrugarh.
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The activists holding placards and banners staged the protest for hours against the slow pace of work.
On February 27, 2016 Union minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari had laid the foundation of the four-lane project. However till date, the Rs 330.3 crore project has made a physical progress of just 63.47% in all these years. M/s Manaranjan Brahma (MB) which is executing the project had earlier missed NHIDCL’s deadline of February 12, 2021 for completing the project.
Dibrugarh district AASU general secretary, Aboni Kumar Gogoi said, “The government should initiate a high-level inquiry against the slow pace of work. Dibrugarh is the education hub of the state and due to the bad roads the students as well as the commuters are facing problems.”
Gogoi said, “Commuters are facing problems due to the slow progress of the four-lane project as the road condition of the existing road has gone from bad to worse. The entire stretch of the highway is covered with huge potholes and some of them are knee deep. Several vehicles have met with accidents on the highway because of lack of maintenance. We urge the chief minister to look into the issue.”
Meanwhile, the AASU members submitted a memorandum to Dibrugarh deputy commissioner Biswajit Pegu.
