The Nagaland Government Registered Class-1 Contractors Union (NGRC -1CU) in its executive meeting held on August 22, discussed at length on the entire issue of work contract on two laning of Longleng-Changtongya road, Mon-Tamlu-Merangkong road, Phek- Pfutsero road and Zunheboto-Chakabama road in the State of Nagaland under Phase ‘A’ of SARDP-NE. awarded to Gayatri Infrastructure Ltd and Maytas (ILFS) and has resolved to take up the issue with the higher competent authority.
According to Nagaland Government Registered Class-1 Contractors Union president K.C. Angami and general secretary, L.Pukhato Shohe, the union in its earlier meeting held at Hotel Japfu Kohima on July 21 resolved to support any globally capable contracting firms to come to the state and work with their full capacity with the highest of professional integrity for the developmental works of the state. However, the union said that in the event of such global firms requiring subletting of works, first preferences was to be given to local competent contractors of Nagaland.
The method adopted by the contracting firm in the past few months, according to the union was that the principle contracting firm Gayatri and Mytas (ILFS) had sublet the entire work fully to M/s RATNA infrastructure projects pvt Ltd headed by its Chairman cum Managing Director M.M.L. Narasimham.
“Now M/s Ratna has further resorted to subletting the works at the lowest rates possible to other contractors in the state, thereby fleecing almost all the major part of the fund which is meant for the development of Roads in the state of Nagaland”, stated NGRC-1CU adding M/s RATNA Infrastructure Projects Pvt Ltd operating as sub contractor has already acquired land and houses through P.S. Reddy, Project Manager of M/s Ratna.
“What is not understandable to the local masses comprising of even Government officials and citizens of our state is that, the entire arrangement made by M/s Gayatri and Maytas (ILFS) in the present contracting situation is to extract maximum possible funds out of the given project by not utilizing them into the actual construction work but leaving only the scraps of the project for local laborers, workers including subcontractors to do up their dirty job”, added NGRC-1CU.
In this regard, the NGRC-1CU informed the citizens of the state to refrain from taking part in the work of M/s Gayatri and Maytas who “forcefully” entered the contracting scenario of the state with ill intentions to exploit its citizens.
The NGRC-1CU stating that it represents the entire class-1 contractor’s fraternity of the state of Nagaland and was responsible to protect the interest of its citizens in matters relating to infrastructural development further asked all the contractors who have become “victims” of this arrangement and “nefarious activities” of M/s Gayatri Infrastructure Ltd and Maytas (ILFS) to bring its problems and grievances to the Nagaland Government Registered Class-1 Contractors Union for immediate redressal as the union would be taking up the issue with the authorities concerned.
Fully aware that the “concerned” PWD Nagaland officials have given all the “upper hand” to the two companies and to “victimize the local contractors and local citizens” for their own nefarious activities, the Nagaland Government Registered Class-1 Contractors Union has unanimously decided to investigate into all the credentials and records of M/s Gayatri & Maytas Infrastructure Ltd and M/s Ratna Infrastructures Projects Private Ltd, and at the same time, informed the Chairman of both Gayatri and Maytas to come to the NGRC-1CU office at Kohima in person and explain to the union as to why it was trying to “evade” coming to Nagaland by sending a “slippery middleman M.M.L. Narasimham of M/s Ratna to do all its dirty job in the state”.
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