In connection with the ongoing standoff between Kandi public and the government over the delay in construction of BDO office building at Chunlikha RD block, the Kandinu public union (KPU), Kandinu, Tseminyu sub-division has alleged vested interests were at play, saying even after almost five years since the foundation stone was laid, the construction was yet to start.
In a press release, Kandinu public union vice president, Tiwalo Kath, pointed out that the foundation stone for the BDO office was laid by the NPF government during the chief ministership of Neiphiu Rio on February 29, 2012.
He alleged that after the years of playing petty politics, work order for the same was issued in the month of November 2016. However, Kath said that even after part-payment was made to the contractor for the work, the rural development department was still holding up the construction of BDO office.
KPU vice-president also said that repeated reminders to the department by the villages under Chunlikha block to start work were of no avail.
“To make matters worse, it was reported that the local MLA, also the parliamentary secretary, has in a self style manner sanctioned money from his own pocket and started construction of BDO office at another site of his own choice different from the foundation-laid site,” Kath claimed.
In this regard, he questioned what action was the department going to take for the private construction.
Kath opined that the private construction of BDO office at GHS compound, Chunlikha was illegal, arbitrary and violative of the department’s order and the work order issued, adding that KPU would not accept it at any cost.
Further, stating that no MLA or minister was above the people, Kath said the government was not the private property of the elected MLAs and that “such anti-people activities” would not go unnoticed.
As per the government decision of 2012, KPU vice president said the RD department should direct the contractor to start work immediately at the foundation laid site and declare private construction for said office as illegal.
Questioning the silence of the department on the issue, the KPU vice president demanded that the RD department spell out the proper reasons in the media for remaining silent.
KPU also cautioned that the RD department alone would be held solely responsible if any untoward accidents happened.
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