GoAP urged to maintain Aalo to Bam road under TAH

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Frustrated with inordinate delay in proper execution and maintenance of the road from Bam to Aalo section of Tai to Gabu (a part of Potin-Pangin Road), the Memo Ao Youth Association (MAYA) and Pushi Bango Welfare Society (PBWS) has appealed to the state government to start early execution and maintenance of Aalo to Bam road of Tai to Gabu section of the Trans-Arunachal Highway.
Addressing reporters at the Press Club here on Tuesday, MAYA Chairman, Kenbom Bagra said that the MAYA and PBWS have submitted numerous memorandums to the GoAP for early execution and maintenance of the said road, but there has been no response from the state government.
They had on February 1 last, also initiated a democratic movement in the form of 12 hours chakka bandh.
He said that ever since the Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) handed over the project to the MoRTH in 2012, the said stretch of road is in a poor condition, especially at Pushi Bango area, making vehicular movement difficult.
“The concession agreement of Potin-Pangin Road was signed on August 14, 2012, in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway (MoRTH), New Delhi with M/s Potin Pangin Pvt Ltd, represented by ECi Engineering and Consortium for widening and upgrade of the said project, while the BRO handed over the Tai to Pangin road project to MoRTH on September 4, 2014 to facilitate the executing agency to carry out construction work.
However, Bagra claimed that “the executing agency has not been carrying out proper maintenance work, causing much hardship to the commuters, while the maintenance of Aalo to Bam road has also been halted after the construction of a temporary by-pass road of Nyorak-Nikte due to reasons best known to the executing agency.”
Further, stating that Aalo to Mechuka is a place of strategic importance, with hundreds of army and para military forces vehicles plying despite terrible road conditions, Bagra said that it was a matter of grave concern and urged the state government to accord priority to proper road connectivity in the said area.
He also appealed to the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju to address the said issues at the earliest.
PBWS President, Kirnya Bagra said that ever since the BRTF handed over the road construction work to other agencies in 2012, the condition of road has only been deteriorating.
The PBWS president further said that the MAYA and PBWS, along with 17 organizations, including Ato Paktu Ao Welfare Society, PAYWA, KKSU and BASU from Basar area and ABSWA from Mechuka and Nyiko Bango area, Mother’s Vision Aalo, AAPWWS and Galo Ane Aalo and other organizations will launch the second phase of agitation in the form of 24 hours West Siang bandh, followed by 36, 48 hours and indefinite period bandh, if their demands are not met with within the next 10 days. Curtis Samuel Authentic Jersey

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