Poor blacktopping works in the Poonch district indicate a big engineer-contractor nexus; PWD-PMGSY blacktopping works are a big scam

Poor blacktopping works in the Poonch district indicate a big engineer-contractor nexus; PWD-PMGSY blacktopping works are a big scam

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POONCH: During recent times, the majority of blacktopping works on some important roads were started, but substandard works on some roads indicate a big engineers-contractors nexus that ultimately proved a bounty for both. Poor quality material and complete violations of guidelines by the contractors and engineers show that nobody in the government cares for the public, as a huge loot of the government exchequer was going on through substandard blacktopping works on some roads of Poonch district.

Some highly engineering technical proofs, which are only available with “POONCH TODAY,” show that on the majority of PMGSY and PWD roads, engineers and contractors used to play a big game that was never detected by anybody, and these silent tactics generated huge sums of rupees for both sides. If one study these technical strategies being adopted by engineers and contractors in the blacktopping of PWD and PMGSY roads, one could easily come to the conclusion that these blacktopping works are a multi-crore scam that has been going on for decades. Imagine, through these hidden and silent tactics, many engineers and contractors gave huge setbacks to the government exchequer. Due to this flourishing nexus over the years, the credibility of the government has suffered greatly in the eyes of the common man. Question marks have also been raised on those central officers who used to visit various PMGSY roads and give certificates in favor of engineers and contractors on various blacktopping of roads. Exclusive proofs available with “POONCH TODAY” show that this engineers-contractors nexus of PWD and PMGSY departments has misused hundreds of crores of government funds for their personal benefits, being least bothered about the public inconvenience. Unless the government takes strict action against engineers and contractors over poor-quality blacktopping works, things will remain the same on the ground, as this high-profile nexus will continue to indulge in such tactics regularly without any fear of the government. Some social media videos are available with “POONCH TODAY,” which clearly shows that the concerned engineers and some contractors seem to have taken everything for granted, as people were seen questioning the intentions of the concerned departments in providing cheap quality blacktopping of roads in their far-flung areas. In the past, many high-profile contractors with their political backing have given massive setbacks to the government exchequer with the involvement of some engineers, but they were not taken to task by the government. It clearly shows that the government has given full shelter to this engineers-contractors mafia, which has been progressing in an illegal way day in and day out. Some engineering technical proofs brought from the highly placed sources in the office of Chief Engineer PWD Jammu, which are exclusively available with “POONCH TODAY,” show that over the years, hundreds to thousands of crores were earned by this nexus alone from blacktopping of various PMGSY and PWD roads. The government needs to fix responsibility on the engineers for any violations of blacktopping guidelines, and those contractors who are habitual offenders of rules need to be blacklisted in the public interest, as the public deserves good quality blacktopping of roads from the PWD and PMGSY departments in the district.