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To be or not to be that’s the question

DCC-WASA row over road repair

By Morshed Ali Khan
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) is involved in a row with WASA over repair stretch of Mirpur Road which is likely to be used by US President Bill Clinton's entourage during his visit to Bangladesh, sources concerned said.
Officials of Dhaka Urban Transport Project (DUTP) of the DCC complained that despite repeated requests. WASA was not completing the drain pipeline work there as per specification. DUTP has to complete repair of the road before the March 20 visit.
The matter was discussed at a recent meeting with WASA officials and they assured that ditches dug for setting up the pipeline would be filled with proper compaction’. DUTP of-licials said.
"But the ditches were filled
with ordinary soil instead of sand in violation of the specification. If we complete carpeting of the road in such a situation, the road would be damaged within a few days." said an engineer of DUTP.
The Mirpur Road from Shyamoli to Mazar Road Crossing will be widened and developed under the World bank funded DUTP. Dignitaries accompanying President Clinton are likely to use this road on way to the Jatiya Smrlti Saudha at Savar.
‘We have written a total of 11 letters with site photographs attached and requested the superintending engineer of WASA's Drainage Circle to immediately address the problem, but nothing has been done as yet." a DUTP official said. •• i uni rage ।
Officials of WASAs Drainage Circle said that considering the urgency of the matter, they temporarily suspended their pipeline project work and filled up the ditch. After the presidential visit, the work would be resumed. The Superintending Engineer said that they were doing the compaction as per specification' and that they also informed the DUTP director.
But DUTP officials alleged that WASA has violated agreements reached during a Joint site Inspection and dug up the middle portion of the Mlrpur Road. Instead of the side ofthe road, for their pipeline project.
The DUTP engineer said that WASA would incur an estimated loss of Tk 30 lakh if the road has to be reconstructed after Clinton's visit. They would then impose a penalty of Tk 30 lakh on WASA.
About the alleged breach of agreement, the WASA Superintendent Engineer said that it was impossible to select the side of Mlrpur Road because six electric lines Including a 132 KV' line is situated on that part of the road. "We had talks with DESA about the lines and we had no other alternative."
Asked whether D'JTP could complete the road within the stipulated time, its engineer said if WASA does the compaction with sand in a day or two. the road could be completed.
"But we will not give them permission to dig up the i >ad any more after we have worxed on it. Instead, they would have
to choose the alternative — the shoulder of the road — to install their pipeline." he said.
A top official of WASA said this Is an example of lack of coordination among service organisations In the city. "In every development project, we are facing acute lack oi coordination among all these organisations and the members of the public ultimately suffer for this," he added.