NAHARLAGUN, Jul 4:  Mayor  Itanagar Municipal Corporation –Tame Phassang directed the engineers of  IMC  and contractors to judiciously use the funds meant for development projects while inspecting the under construction  Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) at  Naharlagun on Monday.
Speaking to the media, the Mayor informed that the STP was an old project which was sanctioned before the incumbent Corporators were elected and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has also questioned the IMC for non-availability of the STP and even imposed a fine. So, IMC has constituted a four-member Committee of Councilors Kipa Takum,Lokam Anand,Tamuk Tagiang and  Tadar Hanghi to study the reason behind the delay in completion of the project, and simultaneously to submit the action taken report, said the Mayor.
Further responding to the query on any mismanagement of funds, Mayor stated that the  concerned committee will study the whole issue and if there is any lacuna in fund management, the corporation will take stern action and make sure that the project is not affected and is completed within the time frame.
Phassang also suggested the concerned engineer and contractors to maintain quality while constructing the project. Such project is hugely needful for the IMC jurisdiction where all the polluted waters from Naharlagun will be treated and then released into the river maintaining the guidelines of the NGT.
 Earlier, Executive Engineer-IMC(II) claimed that Rs.9.63 Crore has been already released to the contractor for 16.7 km of Non-civil works,  but physically only 150-meter works have been done and fund has been released.   So I have already written a letter to the contractor to complete the remaining works, said EE(IMC).

While speaking before the four-member Committee and IMC official, the Contractor of the STP disclosed that out of Rs. 9.3 Crore, he has only received Rs. 3.50 Crore and has no idea about the remaining funds.
Among others, Deputy Mayor Biri Basang, Commissioner –IMC Lika Tejji, EE-IMC(II) and others accompanied the Mayor in the inspection.

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