Jammu: National Conference Provincial President and former MLA Nagrota Devender Singh Rana Saturday expressed serious concern over the structural cracks developed in the under-construction building for Government Degree College at Jindrah and urged the Government to institute an enquiry into poor and substandard quality of work , fix responsibility and punish those responsible for the gross negligence.”It is intriguing how a building has developed structural cracks during the process of construction and speaks volumes about the expertise and material being used”, Rana said in a statement issued from Sher-e-Kashmir Bhavan here this afternoon.
The Provincial President observed that the quality of building has shattered the confidence of the people who were awaiting shifting of the college to new complex. This is disgusting, moreso because the building was to be used by young students, whose safety would have been in tremendous jeopardy had such cracks developed after functioning of the college, he said and pleaded for stopping the work forthwith till safety audit is carried out by the experts in the field. In the meantime, Rana sought quality-cum-safety audit of the building in the larger interest of people. He expressed anguish over the sub-standard quality of work, hoping that the administration will take cognizance, fix responsibility and ensure safety norms and quality control, even if it entails dismantling of the structure. “There can’t be any compromise with regard to safety of precious human lives”, Rana added.
