The Hindu 31.01.2014
Deputy Commissioner inspects roads, takes officers, contractors to task
Deputy Commissioner D.K. Ravi on Wednesday surprised
officers when he donned the role of an evaluator of road quality during
his visit to a couple of wards in the town. The residents of these areas
were also perplexed by the action of the Deputy Commissioner, who dug
up road samples with a crowbar.
Mr. Ravi, who is also
the administrative officer of the Kolar City Municipal Council (CMC),
asked for a crowbar from the officers present and dug up portions of
concrete roads in ward nos 3 and 35 to analyse quality.
He
launched the surprise check following complaints from the people about
substandard work in roads and drains pointing to the misuse of public
money.
After inspecting concrete roads in these
wards, Mr. Ravi expressed displeasure over their quality and took the
officers and contractors concerned to task.
Jelly
stone and cement were not used in the required proportion. Insufficient
curing also resulted in bad quality of roads, the Deputy Commissioner
observed and announced that Rs. 1.50 crore would not be released in view
of substandard work. Work will be checked again after the roads are
re-laid properly, he said and added that only then bills will be
cleared.
Contractors will be blacklisted and action
will be taken against the city project director and the technical staff
of the municipal council if substandard quality persisted, Mr. Ravi
warned.
CMC commissioner K.N. Jagadish, project director Server Merchant and assistant engineer Kotresh were present.
