Excelsior Correspondent
RAMBAN, June 9: Large number of contractors held protest and blocked the Batote-Kishtwar highway for couple of hours.
The protesting contractors were demanding release of their liabilities worth Rs 7 crore.
While addressing the gathering, one of the contractors said that Batote to Kishtwar Highway is the area on which works like retaining wall, breast wall and slide clearance were conducted by them by using huge men and machinery.
“Late Former Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed during his tour assured to clear the liabilities of Rs 7 crore at the earliest, but after his demise and change in Ministry, their liabilities relaimed pending till today, which forced them to come on roads and held protest”, he added.
He stated that PWD Minister Nayeem Akhtar handed over the highway to NHIDC and is releasing the payments for execution of work regularly, but the liabilities of the contractors, who were engaged by PWD at that crucial times have been ignored.
The protesting contractors serve 15 days ultimatum to Government to release the liabilities failing which they will protest in aggressive manner.
The protesters include Dilshad Bhatti, Karim Wani, Nafice Mir, Amjad Wani, Fayaz Runyal, Gulam Mohammad Ganai, Swami Raj, etc.
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