AGARTALA, June 11 (TIWN): Nagarjuna Constructions Company officials are claiming that ongoing trend of the flyover construction for the first time in Tripura likely to be completed before the deadline as the fixing of the iron guarder for the pillar has began from Saturday at Fire Brigade Chowmuhani. Talking to TIWN correspondent on Saturday, Flyover Project Head Amit Mallik said that the fixing of iron guarder has began amidst ceremonial performance. However, the steady performance was administered by Project head Amit Mallik himself. Speaking about the status of the work he said that the work is carried out 24 hours in a day without any break and around 300 labourers are engaged in the work. However, project team is guided by about 50 to 52 efficient engineers. However apart from Nagarjuna Construction’s claims, it is to be mentioned that, Tripura's CPI-M Govt awarded Rs 300 crore Agartala Flyover project to Hyderabad based Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC) which was blacklisted by Pondicherry Govt in 2012 for indulging into massive irregularities which was unearthed by the Anti¬Corruption Branch of CBI in Chennai.

‘Maintaining the quality of the construction material is the top most priority of the company, effort is made to provide quality work, he added.With the aim to complete the construction work in the given deadline, flyover work is being carried out in full swing’, Malik added.

Iron frame structure for pillars is already set up with the help of steel and iron bars and cement concrete.

With the ongoing days, it is seen that the work progress is gaining momentum and will be completed in the given duration.

Project Head further said that a total of 68 pillars would be set up in the entire stretch of the pillar from Dropgate to firebrigade chowmuhani where work for the 28 pillars is underway so far.

When asked about the flow in the construction of flyover, he reiterated the same problem regarding the encroachment of footpaths at Bordowali and underground water pipe channels. As the government has not yet made clear the underground set up of the underground water channels the construction agency is facing problem to carry out the work smoothly.

The two-lane flyover would have a width of 8m and the cost of its construction would be Rs 250 crore, at the current prices. The flyover will be completed in 30 months which stands around 2.5 years. However it is important to finish the work in the given deadline.

The project has gone to Hyderabad-based Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited through a national tender,even though tender process and CPI-M's favor to Southern companies continue. 

Nagarjuna Construction is a  black listed company by Pondicherri and Tamil Nadu Govt,   so why the construction work is given to such company question arises. ,

At present there are 3.20 lakh motor vehicles of various categories in the state and parking has become a major problem in the state capital. The rush of people to Agartala is also difficult to tackle unless we have smooth movement of people and vehicles, this flyover will ease traffic congestion.

Rs 300 crore Agartala Flyover Project in now ongoing but no one knows how much Nagarjuna Constructions paid to party funds in exchange of compromising quality of construction ?

If Kolkata flyovers are collapsing due to substandard work by Hyderabad based tainted companies, then same may happen in Tripura too in future, for which Manik Sarkar Govt will be fully responsible.

On March 31st, 2016 at least 24 people died and over 100 got injured after Kolkata's Vivekananda flyover in the congested Posta area of northern Kolkata crashed.

Going by the statistics, decades old negligence shows CPI-M 's primary interest always remained enriching party funds with corruption money rather than serving masses as per poll planks.

Otherwise how CPI-M will explain that in 2007, Bengal Govt picked a tainted Hyderabad  based company IVRCL Infrastructures and Projects Ltd, against this company multiple cases listed nationwide for cheating, corruption, even Jharkhand Govenment recommended CBI probe in 2010 and blacklisted IVRCL for bribing former CM Madhu Koda to bag Rs 410-crore rural electrification project.

In similar fashion, allegdly IVRCL Infrastructures bribed then Bengal PWD Minister Ashok Bhattacharjee, CPI-M Govt to bag Vivekananada Flyover Rs 164 crore contract in 2007 which collapsed in 2016.

Why Bengal, Tripura's CPI-M Governments prefer tainted Hyderabad companies to implement projects and compromise public safety ?

Hyderabad based  Nagarjuna Construction company owner AVS Raju is relative and business partner of jailed corporate thief Ramlinga Raju, former Chairman of Satyam Computers.

So, one can imagine the fate of Tripura’s first flyover at Agartala as CPI-M Govt. awarded Rs 300 crore flyover construction contract to a well known tainted company from South India.