Dimapur, June 23 (EMN): Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC) has urged to release running bills to the contractors based on the progress report to which the department of PWD (R&B) assured to sort it out with the higher authorities for an early intervention on the issue. NFHRCC made this suggestion during a joint meeting with the officials from PWD (R&B) and concerned contractors held in the conference hall of the Directorate of PWD in Kohima on June 22. The meeting was convened to discuss the ongoing construction of the ‘motorable’ foothills road and the final completion of the Doyang bridge. NFHRCC stated that division-wise progress works were shared by the respective executive engineers and the contractors. It was informed that the momentum of work was slowed down due to the early arrival of monsoon. The final completion and inauguration of the Doyang Bridge at the Governor’s camp would be further discussed by the department, contractors and the commi
Dimapur, June 10 (EMN): Nagaland Foothill Road Coordination Committee (NFHRCC) has resolved to have a sitting with all the concerned divisional executive engineers and SDO of PWD (R&B) along with the respective construction firms with due permission from the chief engineer of PWD (R&B) on June 17 in order to ascertain clear picture of the ongoing motorable road construction. The resolution to this effect was taken during its meeting held on June 8. The meeting was convened to deliberate on the ongoing motorable foothill road construction and identify some hiccups in some sectors. An update from the committee stated that it has re-affirmed to appeal to the competent authority for judicious utilisation of the remaining amount of INR 3 crore out of the INR 20 crore for the foothills road constructions. The committee has decided to write a letter to the respective villages/ areas for an amicable settlement where some overlapping of works were detected. The committee also identified