Lohardaga MP Sukhdev Bhagat met Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, demanded to start work on NH-43 proposed route in Gumla.

Delhi : Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency MP Sukhdev Bhagat met Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on Thursday and highlighted a serious public concern related to National Highway-43 in Gumla district. The MP said that the construction work of NH-43 under the Bharat Mala project in Gumla had started on the predetermined route – Seelam, Nawadih via Chhattisgarh, which people had accepted for a long time. Bhagat informed the minister that many tribal and other community people of the area had voluntarily given their land in the spirit of development. But the course of the project was changed by some NHAI officials allegedly by presenting wrong and misleading data. Survey is going on on the new route, due to which there is deep anger among the local people. Understanding the seriousness of the matter, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari assured MP Sukhdev Bhagat of appropriate action.

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Hundreds of families will be displaced by the new route

The MP said that due to the new proposed route, hundreds of tribal families will have to leave their fertile agricultural lands. Their livelihood is completely dependent on farming, in such a situation, due to snatching of land, many families will become unemployed and without livelihood forever. The affected families clearly told the MP that they have already given their land for the construction of the road, now they cannot give land on the new route.

Project cost also doubled, huge loss to the government

The MP told the minister that in the old proposal the cost of the project was Rs 700 crore, while under the new route it has increased to Rs 1200 crore. The length of the old route was 12 kilometers, which will increase to 34 kilometers when the new route is built. In such a situation, the government will have to suffer huge financial loss.

The issue of tussle between Mamta Devi-Irfan Ansari and not getting the work done even after paying Rs 5 lakh commission was raised in the Assembly, Babulal Marandi demanded an investigation.

Demand to restore the old project and action against the culprits

MP Bhagat urged the Minister that keeping in mind the protection of interests of the tribal society and saving of government revenue, the new proposed route should be immediately postponed and work should be ensured on the old route of NH-43 only. A demand was also made to take action against the concerned officers who presented wrong facts.

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