Oscar Fernandes inspects roads

in Amethi, Rae Bareli

Express News Service | Lucknow | February 6, 2014 2:36 pm

Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/oscar-fernandes-inspects-roads-in-amethi-
rae-bareli/

Road Transport and Highways Minister Oscar Fernandes. Road Transport and Highways Minister
Oscar Fernandes.





Fernandes asked the ofcials to take necessary steps within a week to start pending work.
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Union Road, Transport and Highways Minister, Oscar Fernandes, Saturday inspected roads in
Amethi and Rae Bareli and asked ofcials to complete all the pending repair work in a week and
take action against guilty contractors. The minister had arrived with a team of ofcials and met
NHAI and UPPWD ofcials.

According to sources, during the review meeting, ofcials told the minister that some of the
roads in the two constituencies have deteriorated due to overloading of heavy vehicles.
Since the contract of most of these roads were awarded by the PWD, the minister asked
concerned ofcials to forfeit the deposit of those contractors, whose roads have deteriorated within
the Defect Liability Period or ask them to repair these roads with their own funds.

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, during his visit to Amethi January 23, had summoned
senior ofcials questioning the poor condition of roads. He had promised that Union Minister for
Road, Transport and Highways would personally inspect the roads and take necessary action.