Mir Akter Construction is shoddily setting up sewer line along Nabinagar-Chandra Highway, which is being upgraded into a four-lane highway, at Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka city, locals have alleged.
The sewer line wall has been collapsing off and on at many places due to use of sloppy materials, locals say, adding that they have already infomed the Roads and Highways Authority but it did hardly work.
Bricks, sand and cement being used in building the sewer line are of very poor quality, says Babul Hasan, an inhabitant of Baipail.
The firm is even resorting to the diversion of the drainage design at many places in exchange for bribe from land grabbers here, he says.
Speaking to the Dhaka Tribune yesterday, Mir Akter Contrstruction’s Sher Shah, who is superintending the work, denied the allegation of using sloppy materials in the sewer line construction.
“The sewer line wall is collapsing due to soil pressure, not for using substandard materials.”
Nayarhat Roads and Highways’ Sub-Divisional Engineer Dilip Kumar Das says, “The drainage wall is collapsing due to rains, not for using sub-standard materials.”
“The sewer line construction was put on hold at its beginning due to use of poor materials, but now quality bricks, sand and cement are being used,” he claimed.
