Kundapur: Rain exposes poor quality of Mini Vidhana Soudha construction
Silvester D’ Souza
Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)
Kundapur, Dec 1: Call it Kundapur’s bad luck or the indifference of people representatives. The quality of construction undertaken by the administration in Kundapur in their buildings has proved to be of very poor quality. The Mini Vidhana Soudha in the heart of the Kundapur, being built by the public works department is an example. The rain that fell on Tuesday November 26 exposed the poor quality of construction when rain water leaked through the roof and the walls developed cracks in no time.
The Mini Vidhana Soudha is being built at a cost of Rs 3.15 crore to enable smooth functioning of taluk office, sub registrar office and revenue department. The foundation stone for the building was laid in January 2011 and it was scheduled to be ready for inauguration on February 28, 2013, but the work is yet to be completed.
The building which continues changing its shape every now and then has consumed all the amount sanctioned for the construction and was waiting for an additional Rs 1.66 crore. The exposure of its poor quality now in the final stages has created anguish.
Its ground floor has an area of 1,491.71 square meters and the first floor 578.29 square meters and all the walls have cracks on them.
The work of RCC pillar and slab, lateritic stone walls and ceramic tiles, though of inferior quality has been completed. The locals believe that it will take at least another year for completion. The wooden doors also are of poor quality and the holes in them have been closed with plaster.
The locals expressed fears that there might be a possibility that the structure built with tax payers' hard earned money may collapse due to the indifference of the officials and elected representatives, causing anger and regret among the people.