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Government to Book Cocompanies for Road Project Delays

  • The rural works department (RWD) has decided to file an FIR against some construction companies engaged in construction of rural roads for inordinate delay in completion of some projects. "We are resorting to this after the construction companies failed to react to warnings issued to them, deduction from their security deposits and threat to blacklist them," said RWD minister Bhim Singh.

  • He said that despite being defaulter, these companies file tenders for fresh work and also succeed in grabbing the work in violation of the rules. Recently, CM Nitish Kumar detected these irregularities during his Seva Yatra in Madhubani and other districts and directed the department to take stern action against the defaulting companies. It has been found that companies from outside the state come for bidding and after bagging the contract, sublet the work to petty contractors.

  • The companies facing action are -- Aravali Construction working at Madhubani and Sitamarhi, SPR working at Bhagalpur and Samastipur, BSS at Muzaffarpur and Chhapra, Singh Construction at Madhubani, Shiv Swati at Moatihari and Madhubani, Raja Construction at Magadh division and JKM Infrastructure at Sasaram.

  • The case will be filed against them under Damage to Public Property Act and various sections of the IPC, the minister said.

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