The All Odisha Contractors’ Association on Wednesday threatened to stop construction of bridges, flyovers and other projects if the concerned Works Department engineers and officers are not held responsible for the Bhubaneswar Bomikhal flyover mishap equally as with the construction company.“Engineers and officers, who are in charge of allotment of projects and supervision of quality works, are 90 per cent responsible and contractors 10 per cent accountable. If Panda Infra Project owner was held for Bomikhal flyover mishap, engineers and officers in charge of quality supervision must also be arrested,” demanded association president Prabhat Das at a Press conference here. He also demanded that Panda Infra Project owner Pratap Panda, who has been arrested for the incident, be released at the earliest.
The contractors threatened they would stop all projects underway if the engineers are not arrested.