Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 27: In another jolt to the Government, the Valley based contractors under the banner of Jammu and Kashmir Central Contractors Coordination Committee (JKCCCC) stopped the renovating work of Government residences of Ministers and bureaucrats.
The contractors, who had already boycotted the developmental works across the Valley from June 20 in lieu of their pending bills worth Rs 700 crore with Government, also stopped the renovation work of some of the Ministers and bureaucrats’ Government residences.
While confirming the halt of renovation works, general secretary, JKCCCC, Farooq Ahmad Dar said that they have stopped renovation of residences of Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo, Minister for Tourism Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Chief Secretary, Mohammad Iqbal Khanday and Speaker Legislative Assembly Mubarak Gul.
He also announced that JKCCCC would hold a massive rally which will pass through different parts of Srinagar, particularly, the city center of Lal Chowk.
On some of the biggest projects hit by the ongoing suspension of works, Dar said work on flyovers, commercial complexes, Tehzeeb Mahal at TRC, shopping complex at Ram Bagh, Rs 20 crore drug store at JVC hospital, SIDCO bridge at Shopain and Mughul road were stopped indefinitely.
“Despite completing developmental works in time the Government is delaying our payments. He warned the Government that prolonged insensitivity towards 70,000 contractors must end”. Dar also flayed the handling of e-tendering and e-billing process in Kashmir.
“We warn the Government to release our pending bills worth Rs 700 crore or we would soon announce a 72 hour long hunger strike programme”, he added.
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