AGARTALA, Aug 4 (TIWN): Ratan Lal’s tall claims on Tax-Benefits in Road Maintenance under BJP Govt turned JUMLA. After over 4.5 years of tax rise, various roads are in miserable shape whereas ongoing projects suffer from poor quality of construction. Various roads in Tripura remained in deplorable shape due to no maintenance. Under Biplab Deb in most projects he allegedly appointed his own people and sometimes from other states, contractors were invited where his corrupt coteries were also exposed.

During his tenure, Biplab deb was indulged in multiple scams including liquor license distribution scam.

Centering such roadways, heavy protest rows emerged in various places in the state of Tripura due to PWD Dept’s failure to maintain the roads which are allegedly running out of artificial fund crisis amid in 2018, July month months after BJP won Tripura Assembly Election, new Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath announced to increase VAT and impose cess claiming that it will be used for regular road maintenance which to help in the vehicle’s durability, but there is no sign of outcome of the Minister’s claim and how far tax collection was increased in the sector and how much was utilized, it is a matter of clarification which yet to be declared from the Govt side.

Ambulances were stranded for hours on National Highways due to bad conditions of roads.