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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

DM urges NTPC to repair potholes

Statesman News Service

MALDA.( India)Dec. 12. — The Malda district magistrate has requested the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to repair potholes on a section of NH-34 to make it motorable, officials said today.
Officials said that the decision has been taken owing to the present deplorable condition of the NH-34 and the delay to take up repairing project from the national highway authorities of India. Under the Corporate Social Relief fund the authorities of the NTPC can take up such a job in its area, said the Malda district magistrate.
The fund is used for the development of the infrastructure for the distressed people, he added.
The Malda DM, Mr Abhijit Choudhuri, said that the national highway authorities had assured them that they would finish the repairing work of NH-34 by January.
The district authorities, however, refused to comment on when the project for strengthening the national highways.
With the financial help from the Asian Development bank, connecting road for international immigration check post, would begin.
The district magistrate also informed that work for the development of the infrastructure for the land customs station at Mehadipur would be started soon.
The district public works department would being the job including the truck parking at the station very close to the Mehedipur Indo Bangla border post.

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