Mushrif warns to blacklist h'way contractor for slow pace of work

Time of India

3 days ago

Kolhapur: State medical education minister Hasan Mushrif on Monday issued a warning to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials.
The minister has asked the officials to instruct the contractor for the Kagal-Satara six-laning project on the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway to show significant progress by Sept 15 or face blacklisting.
During a meeting at the district collectorate, Mushrif said that Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari has also called for action against the contractor due to the extremely slow pace of the work.
Mushrif discussed the issue with NHAI official Sanjay Kadam over the phone. Kadam provided an update on the current status of the ongoing work and confirmed that the contractor would be blacklisted if no progress is visible by the deadline.
District collector Amol Yedge, additional district collector Sanjay Shinde, resident deputy district collector Sanjay Teli, district superintendent land records Shivaji Bhosale, district rehabilitation officer Varsha Shingan, sub-divisional officer of Kagal-Radhanagari Prasad Chougule, among other officers were present for the meeting.
Meanwhile, speaking with the reporters after the meeting, Mushrif also took a dig at MLC Satej Patil, stating that the latter has now become an architect. "I was unaware that his knowledge is so vast," he said to Patil's recent statement that the cost of the Shaktipeeth expressway has gone up to Rs1,06,000 crore.
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