Srinagar: Due to the report ‘inordinate’ delay in the disbursement of pending payments to the contractors, Ghulam Nabi Rather one contractor Sunday suffered a massive heart attack. Authorities have however, vehemently denied the allegations. stating that the payments were disbursed on time.
According to the KNS correspondent, one Rather suffered cardiac arrest in the office of the Executive Engineer Flood Control here. The reports stated that inside the office chamber the verbal dual erupted over the delay in the disbursement of the pending payments due to which Gulam Nabi complained about the severe chest pain that made his other colleagues to shift him to the hospital where doctors stated that he has suffered the cardiac arrest.
The president of Contractors Association flood control and irrigation department Nissar Ahmad Khan told KNS that the department of flood control and Irrigation has deliberately kept their payments in limbo that are due from the last several months. He stated that the contractors completed their respective works on time in the department and that even in the Month of March their payments have been kept awaited with the deliberate attempt to torment the contractors mentally.
Nisar added that they approached the Chief Engineer of the concerned department who assured that the payments shall be disbursed at the earliest. “He even telephoned the concerned Executive Engineer and directed him to disburse the amount. He even asked us to meet the Executive Engineer at his office.”
Contractors Association president stated that when the contractors reached the office of Executive Engineer, he again expressed his unwillingness in the issuance of the payments to the contractors. “A verbal dual was started by the concerned Executive Engineer due to which one of our colleagues Ghulam Nabi fainted on the floor. We took him to the hospital where doctors said that he has suffered heart attack.”
He added that the contractors are suffering from the worst crises at present and that it is only due to the delay in the disbursement of our due amounts that we have landed in the state of trauma. Meanwhile, the Chief Engineer of Flood Control department while giving reference of his Executive Engineer stated that the payments in favor of the contractors have already been disbursed. (KNS)