Locals protest quality of work
Irregularities have been found in the widening work of a 6.24km long road stretching from Sadar upazila's Mogholhat area to Aditmari upazila's Durgapur area.
Local people are unhappy over quality of the road work.
The road is being developed under a project of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED).
In June last year, contractor Daud Ali got the work order of Tk 6.49 crore for widening the road, said LGED office sources, adding that it is scheduled to complete the work by June this year.
Daud got the contract using one Abdul Hakim's license, it added.
Substandard materials are being used in the road widening work, said villagers.
The contractor used very poor quality brick chips instead of first class brick chips for widening the road, said Ashraful Islam of Dighaltari village in Aditmari upazila.
As poor quality brick chips were used, many parts of the road have already been damaged, said another villager Abdul Mannan.
Despite repeated pleas, LGED officials are yet to take any steps in this regard, said Mannan.
Contacted, contractor Daud Ali said he was not interested to talk to the media about the quality of the road widening work.
He will explain it to the LGED authority if necessary, said Daud Ali.
Lalmonirhat LGED Executive Engineer Ashraf Ali Khan said he visited the site and found irregularities in the road work. The contractor has already been asked to complete the work with quality materials as per the schedule.
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