MLA Bellad vents ire at contractors

Dharwad: Hubballi-Dharwad West MLA Arvind Bellad has once again vented his ire against BRTS officials, engineers and contractors and written to the chief minister, chief secretary and district minister asking them to withhold bills of the contractors for executing the project poorly.
Bellad said here on Saturday that poor planning and execution has defeated the very purpose of the BRTS project. “The BRTS lane at several junctions is getting waterlogged during rainy season. Even after holding series of meeting with officials, engineers and contractors, they have miserably failed to restructure the project,” he charged.
On Amrut scheme, Bellad said UGD work worth Rs 170 crore was sanctioned for the twin cities but officials and contractors have been negligent. The proposed sewage treatment plant at Kelgeri has not come up and people have complained about unscientific placing of UGD in some parts of the cities, he said.