The Corporation council will ask the State Government to conduct
inspection of all roads constructed within a year in Kochi. A decision
in this regard was taken during the council meeting on Thursday. With
this, the contractors of almost all roads in the city will come under
the scanner of the State Government.
The inspection will include
the roads constructed by the Corporation, the PWD and those developed
for KMRL. During the meeting, opposition councillors came up with a list
of roads that were damaged within one year after construction. The
councillors alleged that though the Palarivattom Road, BTH road, the
road in front of St Mary’s Hospital and the Shanmukham Road were given a
five-year guarantee period by the contractor, they have got damaged.
“These
roads were repaired using Bitumen Macadam and Bitumen Concrete (BM and
BC) a year ago and were given a guarantee period of five years.
“It’s
easy to blame the rain for the damage. But, it is not just the rain
which is responsible, the role of contractor in these cases should be
brought to light,” said opposition councillor Advocate K N Sunil Kumar
of the CPM. To this, Mayor Tony Chammany said that the issues raised
will be thoroughly investigated.
“We will ask the State Government
to investigate into the matter. “Based upon the report, strict measures
will be taken if any irregularities are found,” said the Mayor.On the
alleged misappropriations by the health committee chairman in the
‘Unarvu-2012’ exhibition, the Mayor said that a team of standing
committee chairpersons will inquire into the matter.
