{"id":282311,"date":"2026-05-07T01:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=282311"},"modified":"2026-05-07T01:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T19:51:11","slug":"incomplete-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/incomplete-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Incomplete road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Govt has decided to terminate the contract with M\/s Woodhill-Shivam (JV), the contractor engaged for the construction of Package B of the four-lane highway from Papu Nallah to Nirjuli under EPC mode.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Package B, stretching from Papu Nallah to Nirjuli, covers 11.3 km and includes a 3.95-km-long two-lane flyover from the Benjamin Hotel in Papu Nallah to Kangkarnallah in Naharlagun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">M\/s Woodhill-Shivam was appointed as the contractor on 08.12.2021 at a contract price of Rs. 341,71,74,400. The project was scheduled for completion by 06.12.2024. However, the road remains incomplete and in a dilapidated condition-an embarrassment for the government and a source of hardship for commuters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The delay underscores the fact that a crucial road project remains unfinished. With summer and the monsoon approaching, it is unlikely that significant construction activity will take place until the onset of winter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite repeated directives from the court, there has been little impact, and physical progress remains incomplete even as substantial costs have been incurred.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project should now be entrusted to a reputed government or non-government agency to ensure its early completion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Govt has decided to terminate the contract with M\/s Woodhill-Shivam (JV), the contractor engaged for the construction of Package B of the four-lane highway from Papu Nallah to Nirjuli under EPC mode. Package B, stretching from Papu Nallah to Nirjuli, covers 11.3 km and includes a 3.95-km-long two-lane flyover from the Benjamin Hotel in Papu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-282311","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-editorial"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282323,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282311\/revisions\/282323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}