\n\u201cThe achievement of a Government is measured by its actual development delivered to its citizens. It is a question of whether the State Government accords its priority to the people\u2019s welfare programme at the ground level,\u201d NPCC media cell chairman R Paphino said in a press release.
\nApart from the \u201cdismal performance\u201d of many major departments, NPCC said the efficacy of the Roads and Bridges department was at its lowest ebb as despite having hundreds of crore at its kitty for the last few years, the road condition every where in Nagaland had not seen any improvement.
\n\u201cThe recent protest of the people of Tuensang area, recent road repairing programmes being carried out by the youth organizations and villagers in different areas, including by-pass of NH 39 are all clear indication of horrible roads conditions and non- existence of the State authority, PWD
\nEngineers and their field staff,\u2019 NPCC said.
\nThe Congress party also pointed out that even in the State capital Kohima, the condition of the main road (NH-39) was \u201clittle better than a stretch of river and in some portion of the town, the roads are fit for cattle path.\u201d
\nHitting out at the government and PWD Department for \u201cmiserably failing\u201d to live up to the expectation of the people with regard to roads, NPCC also alleged that the State authority was too feeble to monitor and tune up the works and projects being carried out by the BRTF in the NH-39 and other State Highways.
\n\u201cIn Nagaland, neo-standard culture of road construction and blacktopping is confined to thin carpeting and potholes fillings. Government standard specifications and quality control mechanism seems to have been ceased to function and therefore, road quality maintenance becomes a thing of the past,\u201d it added.
\nNPCC was of the view that until and unless there was \u201cdrastic behavioral changes\u201d at the top level, there was little chance of changes taking place at the ground level as far as the road condition in Nagaland was concerned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"