Construction not completed in three years!

Construction of much needed Rangabali Union Parishad (UP) Complex in Rangabali upazila headquarters could not be completed even after three years.

Since the UP did not have any office of its own it has been running its activities at a dilapidated room at the union land office.

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) approved a project worth Tk 80 lakh to set up a UP complex in 2012-13 fiscal years.

Officials at Rangabali LGED said local contractor Abdus Sattar Hawlader got the work order the same year.

The structure was scheduled to be completed within a year but the contractor allegedly left the site after completing 35 percent of its construction. Since then, the construction work of the UP office has not made any progress for reasons unknown.

Contractor Abdus Sattar said he had to stop the work due to a hike in the prices of different construction materials.

Engineer Nur Mohammad Mollah of Rangabali LGED said they have cancelled the previous work order and also fined the contractor Tk 8 lakh for failing to hand over the project in stipulated time.

A month ago, they have sent a fresh proposal to the authorities concerned for taking steps regarding the completion of the remaining work, Mollah added.