MPYC demands Govt to make public IITG report over dome’s collapse

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaSeptember 16, 2022

Meghalaya Pradesh Youth Congress (MPYC) has demanded the state government to make public the report of the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG) into the collapse of the dome of the new Assembly building at Mawdiangdiang, New Shillong Township.

“Lately our chief minister has mentioned that the dome of the Assembly collapsed due to the weight of the structure. Here we would like to ask the chief minister to place the inquiry report made by the IIT Guwahati in public domain so that we may be aware of the reality behind the collapse,” MPYC chief Adrian L Chyne Mylliem told reporters on Friday.

He also asked whom is the CM trying to save by stating the dome collapsed due to the structure?

He said rather than enlighten, the chief minister rebuts by requesting others to do their homework before we accuse.

Stating that there is rampant corruption in the construction of the Assembly building, Mylliem said it has been noticed that there is clear failure in maintaining the technical design structure which was seriously compromised by the contractor and asked what was the PWD engineer in charge of the building doing during the whole construction period whom we have lately seen campaigning for the party the chief minister heads?

“We would like to include that the contractor responsible for the construction of the Assembly building, UPRNN, has sub-contracted the project to BRC. We fail to understand how BRC has been doing this whole project where the NIT of PWD clearly states that only 40% of the work can be subcontracted. BRC, which was initially rejected by the PWD, as we understand, could not qualify for the same contract work, but they have come in through the backdoor,” he said.

Further, the MPYC chief alleged that the BRC is seen to be highly favoured by the current MDA government wherein they have been awarded multiple projects within the state which are of public importance.

“Examples include: new Polo market, Bajengdoba road, stadium in Tura and the new construction of the MTC happening in police bazaar. How safe are we under this contractor whom we have seen making major compromises in the construction quality as seen with the dome?”