PWD to tackle traffic snarls

Jamshedpur: Traffic snarls along the busy Jamshedpur-Hata Road, which connects East Singhbhum with West Singhbhum and is one of the main route for iron ore transportation, will soon be a thing of the past with the state government?s public works department (PWD) undertaking a project to broaden it.

East Singhbhum deputy commissioner Nitin Madan Kulkarni said work on the project would be started soon by the road construction wing of the PWD.

Kulkarni on Tuesday was reviewing the progress of different projects in a monthly meeting. ?The Jamshedpur-Hata project would basically require widening a stretch of over 18 kilometres. Earlier, the road that started from Tatanagar railway station was witnessed regular traffic snarls. With the completion of this project there would be no more traffic snarls,? said Kulkarni.

Beside this, other important road projects that are lined up are the Hata-Tiring Road (which goes towards Mayurbhanj in Orissa), Barabum-Bandgaon Road (inter-state road connecting Jharkhand with West Bengal) and Kandra-Chandil Road.

Jamshedpur-Hata road would involve Rs 10 crore while Hata-Tiring road (a stretch of 13 kilometres) would cost about Rs 6.5 crore. The 12-kilometres long Barabum-Bandgaon Road has received a a technical sanction of Rs 8 crore, while 12 -kilometre long Kandra-Chandil Road would involve a sum of Rs 12 crore.

Road anomalies

Giridih: The treasurer of Jharkhand Ulgulan Mahila Manch, Devanti Devi, has written a letter to the deputy commissioner on the irregularities in construction of roads under the Prime Minister Rojgar Yojana (PMRY).

Devanti stated that the road being laid under the PMRY from Namadih to Siyadih in Jamua area is being constructed without following the government norms. She said neither coal tar nor stones were being used properly for laying the road.

Land mafia

Giridih: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha secretary Raju Poddar has complained to deputy commissioner that the land of Kasab Mohall of Giridih municipality has been sold by the land mafia. Poddar, in his petition to the DC, stated with relevant document that the Giridih municipality had got the land (H.N. 164, ward number 3) from one Nazir Mia after a certificate case in 1933. But land mafia sold it in April this year. Poddar also put the municipality in the dock saying the civic body did not react despite knowing that the land was being sold off.

Agitation rerun

Giridih: Hundreds of residents of Leda panchayat have once again started an agitation before the deputy commissioner?s office under the banner of Chetriya Sangarsh Samiti demanding basic amenities in their villages. The villagers had also staged a dharna a fortnight ago. After it failed to draw the attention of the district administration, the villagers have started the dharna afresh on Tuesday. ?There is no road, electricity, water, or healthcare facilities, in our villages and we have informed administration and government?s representatives, on several occasions but all in vain. Finally, we staged a dharna 15 days ago. The DC had assured us then that the pending works would begin immediately, but nothing materialised,? said samiti secretary Rameshwar Verma.

Police apathy

Hazaribagh: One Kashinath Bin, father of Anil Kumar Bin ? a truck-cleaner ? who died on Sunday in a road accident, reached Hazaribagh Sadar Hospital on Tuesday with his son?s body to complete the post-mortem formality. While talking to The Telegraph the father alleged that when he and two other relatives landed in Chouparan, where the accident had occurred, they sought the help of Chouparan police to retrieve the body. The police reportedly refused to help and finally they managed to get the body out from the truck cabin with the help of a few local people.

Children of Little Angels? Nursery School staged a musical programme for their mothers on the occasion of the International Mothers? Day in Ranchi on Tuesday. Mothers also walked away with prizes on the day.