LAMKA, March 12: Negligence on the part of the electricity and other departments in the Sangaikot TD Block area of Ccpur has resulted in the stalling of most developmental works at Sangaikot leaving them incomplete and unattended.
A visit by a select group of media men, including IFP, revealed the electric power plant of 33/11 KV capacity to be station at Sangaikot TD block headquarters at Sangaikot village is in a sorry state with the completion of the plant nowhere in sight .
The project was undertaken by the Indo Power Limited(IPL) headed by Murli Das and the task had been entrusted to Achauba, SO of the concerned department /company.
The Rs. 31 lakh project was sub contracted to Lienboi but on the charge that they had made a wrong assessment of the cost for the project the release of the second instalments for the construction was kept on hold.
Lianboi now laments that they are losing more than Rs. 5 lakhs and had no option but to leave. He also charged that Achouba had taken Rs. 13 lakhs for merely the construction of the protection wall.
The electric plant with a capacity of 33/11 KV was approved in the year 2009 but execution began last year. However, its completion now is beginning to recede into uncertainty.
Workers at the site told IFP that they will be able to finished the work in 15 days if the material and tools are given to them this is where the hurdle is coming to be.
Student leaders of the area also said they are discouraged when they were told by the EE of the electricity department in Ccpur, the project was beyond their jurisdiction.`™
The fact is that they didn`™t supervise the work here and let the contractor and company official run the show , said a concerned social workers S Minlien.
Social workers and student leaders of the TD Block also lamented that the company had utilize the service of the villagers without paying them any wages.
The President of Kuki Student Organization(KSO) of Sangaikot TD Block said unless the electric company made payment to the villagers, the company would have to compensate by availing free electricity to them.
It may be recalled that that the Sangaikot SDC was ungraded to BDO level in 2005 and again as per a cabinet decision in 2011 was upgraded to SDO status.
Meanwhile the people of the block continue to face immense hardship for the lack of electric power.
A hotelier, Mrs. Hoihnu said that they are now awaiting the inauguration of the project for the block so they can have electricity, water supply and a police station, easing the problems of their daily lives. She however expressed apprehension that her hopes may be belied considering the indifferent attitude of the district as well as State authorities towards their block.