The Balangir Action Committee demanded a high-level inquiry into the revised estimate for construction of a bypass road here this year.Recently, the district administration has submitted a revised estimate of Rs 241 crore to the Ministry of Road Transport and National Highway for the Balangir bypass road.
The Ministry of Road Transport and National Highway after going through the revised estimate found irregularities in it. It found the rates for per hectare of land were inflated and returned the estimate to the district, said president of Balangir Action Committee Gopalji Panigrahi, addressing mediapersons in a Press conference here on Tuesday.
“We believe the inflated land rates were submitted by for vested interest. Hence, we demand a high level inquiry into the matter,” said Panigrahi further.
Meanwhile, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has invited a delegation of people from Balangir, Subarnapur and other districts to Bhubaneswar on June 7 to discuss the matter.
Besides raising the irregularities of bypass road estimate, we would also demand early commencement of construction of railway work from Balangir side up to Boudh, Panigrahi said further.