Patna,(BiharTimes): Officials of Navayuga Engineering Company Limited, a Hyderabad-based construction company for proposed Marine Drive-Ganga Path in Patna have asked for security from Patna police as their staff and workers are getting threatening calls and are scared.
A letter written to Patna SSP Manu Maharaj, on January 6 said that the company has received threatening phone calls. It has stopped night shifts at the site, fearing attacks.
The 23.5km-long Marine Drive-Ganga Path, a dream project of chief minister Nitish Kumar, has already been delayed by more than a year.
They wrote that few of them have already got threatening calls from different people. They have asked for protection at Gayghat and LCT Ghat where the construction work is going on currently.
The SSP said that adequate number of forces have been deployed at the construction site. They will be deployed round the clock and the local police stations would also monitor the security of the employees and the site.
First, the Bihar State Road Development Corporation Limited (BSRDCL) received a letter from Navayuga on January 4. A copy of the letter was sent to SSP.