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The contract, worth USD 158 million, was awarded in 2022 and expected to be completed within 42 months in December 2025, but now the contractor has abandoned the site. The IMS Engineers and Vision Consult Limited were consultants for that road project.
The Government of Ghana is to take legal action against JMC Projects, an Indian construction company, under Kalpataru Group, for taking USD 29.6 million, as part payment to construct the 113km Sevelugu-Walewale road, but failed to execute the project.
The Indian contractor also made an attempt to collect an additional USD 14 million for allegedly mobilising equipment and staff to the site, but the government refused to pay that amount.
Later, the Indian construction firm issued a notice of termination of contract and attempted to clandestinely transport its construction equipment at the project site in northern Ghana to another project site in Guinea without the explicit consent of the Ministry of Roads and Highways.
The Minister disclosed that the former Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, performed the sod-cutting ceremony on June 17, 2024, for the commencement of work on that road without knowing that the contractor had already issued a notice of termination of contract.
Kwame Governs Agbodza, the Roads and Highways Minister, disclosed while responding to an urgent question posed by Mahama Ayariga, the Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, on the status design-build contract of the Phase 1 Tamale-Savelugu-Walewale (30-113km) stretch on the floor of Parliament.
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The contract, worth USD 158 million, was awarded in 2022 and expected to be completed within 42 months in December 2025, but now the contractor has abandoned the site. The IMS Engineers and Vision Consult Limited were consultants for that road project.
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