944 ZP work pending in dist

Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat might have made its presence felt in the state in implementation of various projects and schemes. Unfortunately, the documents of the same ZP points at 944 pending work under various projects aimed to provide basic amenities to people.

As many as 385 rain damage work alone are pending in the district since 2006, which include 52 pending work of 2006-07, 30 pending work of 2007-08, 26 work of 2008-09, 171 in 2009-10 and 106 work pending in 2010-11.

The documents available with Deccan Herald reveal that with 142 pending work, Mangalore taluk tops the list. With just 33 work pending, Puttur taluk has shown efficient implementation of various projects and schemes.

As far as MLA Local Area Development work (LAD) are concerned, the work that were started in 2010 have not been included in the pending list as the works are under progress. Highest number of works pending between 2005 and 2009 are in Puttur taluk at 101, while with 44 works Mangalore taluk has recorded better implementation of works under MLA LAD fund.

Mangalore (Ullal) has 81 pending work, Mangalore (South) has 44 pending work, Moodbidri has 50 work pending, Puttur has 101 work pending, Bantwal has 59, Sullia has 52 work and Belthangady too has 52 pending work.

Situation of MP LAD fund is also almost similar. As many as 120 work are in the pending category between the year 2004-2010.

If 39 works have remained in the pending list for the year 2009-2010, 30 works are pending since 2008-09. According to the list 26 works are pending since 2007-08, 13 work since 2006-07 and 10 work since 2005-06. 

DC talks

Responding to the pending works issue Deputy Commissioner Subodh Yadav said that though some of the works mentioned in the pending list have been executed, they have not been included in the 'works completed' category owing to improper reporting.

“Despite passing a clear direction to the contractors to provide required photographs of the work in three stages, they have failed to meet the requirements. The district administration will look into the matter and will impose penalty to those contractors who have failed to execute the work properly,” he said.