MUMBAI
One would have thought that the elite National Security Guards (NSG) are trained to fight the toughest wars and take the enemy head-on, but, for the past one-and-a-half years they are fighting a battle in Mumbai for which they were just not prepared.
One would have thought that the elite National Security Guards (NSG) are trained to fight the toughest wars and take the enemy head-on, but, for the past one-and-a-half years they are fighting a battle in Mumbai for which they were just not prepared.
Their fight against the inordinate delay in their hub in the city being readied. The last deadline given to the authorities to finish the entire work was December 14, but that too has passed and the new deadline has been set for March 31, 2011.
However, sources say that even the new deadline is also far-fetched because more than 50 percent of the work is pending.
The ministry of home affairs (MHA) had decided to open an NSG hub in Mumbai after the terror attacks in Mumbai on November 26, 2008.
Following this, a plot of land admeasuring 23 acres situated in Marol on the Jogeshwari Vikroli Link Road had been allotted to them in June 2009.
The National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) was given the responsibility to completely the entire work before December 14.
“The construction work is going very slow and it looks unlikely that even the new deadline of March 31, 2011 will be met,” a source said. “They have not even completed the boundary wall, which is a major security concern,” the source said.
The source added that basic facilities like the jogging track, specialised area for physical drills, firing range and combat exercises and the commandos use the Jogeshwari Vikroli Link Road to jog.
Currently, all the NSG officials have to stay outside the premises in private places because the hub is not ready. “It can create major security problems, because our commandos are vulnerable to being identified in public and they also could interact with general public, which is not allowed,” the source said.
Laxman Ahire, deputy general manager, NBCC said the delay was caused because the work had to be stopped for four months during monsoon.
“We are facing a major shortage of sand. As a backup we are buying sand from the black-market. If we get the sand on time then we are confident that we will finish over eight buildings by March 31 and the remaining work will be completed very soon after ,” Ahire added.
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