KOLKATA: Underneath stress to wind up the development of Kalighat skywalk mission, Kolkata Municipal Company (KMC) has served a two-month “ultimatum” to the personal agency engaged within the building. If the contractor fails to hurry up the development course of, the civic physique might have to search out an alternate company.
After battling preliminary hassles, KMC kicked off the much-coveted mission in October final 12 months. The contractor was given an April 2023 deadline for the mission. Given an preliminary delay, the mission could get delayed by six-seven months, conceded a KMC official.
Nevertheless, after sensing that the mission was approach behind its schedule, the KMC brass has held a gathering and determined to serve a two-month ultimatum earlier than looking for one other company to wrap up the work in time. “We’ve got served an ultimatum to the personal agency, asking it to hurry up the development course of. We are going to take inventory of the scenario and assess the progress. If we do not see seen progress, we could also be compelled to sever our ties with the present agency and seek for an alternate,” mentioned a KMC official.
In line with a civic official, earlier than handing over the location for building of the skywalk, a number of important companies departments had performed preliminary surveys of underground utilities to make the piling work simpler for the development agency.
Nevertheless, after the passage of six months, the civic officers related to the mission did not see any important progress and alerted the agency a few instances prior to now couple of months.
“Our endurance is working out and we’ll wait for one more two months to see if issues are transferring in the suitable path earlier than getting powerful with the agency engaged within the building,” mentioned a KMC official.
Sources within the KMC mentioned the contractor had conveyed its lack of ability to hurry up its piling work due to the untraced underground utilities. “The development agency officers mentioned they wanted to tread with warning as they have been attempting to find the underground utilities earlier than rushing up piling work,” mentioned a civic official.
Nevertheless, the civic brass expressed its dissatisfaction and cautioned the contractor to take the work severely to fulfill the deadline.
“We’re able to cooperate with the agency however not past some extent. We have to wrap up the mission in time. There has already been a delay,” mentioned Debasis Kumar, mayor-in-council me-mber overseeing the mission.
The completion of the development in time can also be essential to get again the hawkers who have been shifted to Jatin Das Park to facilitate the development of the skywalk.
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