IMPHAL, April 8: In yet another instance of poor-quality maintenance in construction of buildings, ceilings of several rooms of residential quarters at the Western Block Type II, Manipur University where non-teaching staffs of the university are staying collapsed on Wednesday.
On hearing the news, members of Manipur University Students`™ Union (MUSU) rushed to the area to enquire the incident. An engineer employed by the university, Sanasam Rajen also arrived at the site and assured the residents that the quarters will be repaired at the earliest.
Talking to this daily, one of the residents staying in the quarters lamented that the concerned contractor entrusted with the construction was already urged to look into the poor-quality maintenance in the construction as parts of the quarters may collapse any time.
However, he said, the contractor has failed to repair the quarters which are in dilapidated condition citing non-release of funds by the concerned authority.
He appealed to the concerned authority to arrange an alternative means as the quarters are no longer safe for staying.
General secretary of MUSU, RK Pritamkumar said that failure of the concerned authority to repair the quarters in time has led to the incident while adding that quality was not maintained in the construction of the residential quarters.
