Poor Shillong-Dawki road project, NHIDCL closes contract ARSS

Shillong: The National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) has terminated its contract with ARSS Infrastructure Projects Limited for the Shillong-Dawki road project from Mylliem to Pynursla in Meghalaya.

The company is responsible for implementing Package II of the Shillong-Dawki road project, from Mylliem to Pynursla.

The announcement was made by Deputy Chief Minister in-charge of PWD (Roads) Prestone Tynsong on Tuesday.
Tynsong reportedly explained that the cancellation was due to poor work progress as well as complaints about the company’s performance.

The decision to terminate the contract was taken after a tragic incident on April 14, when two people lost their lives in a landslide in Rangian.
Following this incident, the state government asked NHIDCL to terminate the contract with ARSS.

NHIDCL later wrote to ARSS, asking if it wanted to continue with the project. ARSS responded “in the negative”, which led to the termination of the contract.