FAULTY CONSTRUCTIONS ARE ALLOWED BY THE PRINCIPLE DEPARTMENT OF I&PH AND NO SPECIFICATIONS CARRIED OUT AS PER DESIGN &SCOPE OF THE STRUCTURE (RETAINING WALL)

The Retaining Walls are designed to give sufficient base width so that no tension is developed at the base and the gravity walls is the simplest type of the Retaining walls and these walls consist of the mass concrete or masonry as required at the site of work and the main function of mass of concrete or masonry is to provide dead weight to give stability against the thrust of the retained earth. The unit stresses in concrete or masonry are very low and these walls are so proportioned that there are no tensile stresses developed. Because of the massive construction these walls are more resistant to destructive agencies than other walls. A wall designed to maintain unequal level of ground on its two faces is called a retaining wall. The earth on the side of the wall where ground level is higher is called backfill and the retaining wall is constructed to retain the earth. Following types of the Retaining walls are generally used (1) Gravity walls (2) Semi Gravity walls (3) Cantilever walls (4) Counterfort retaining walls (5) Buttressed Walls. All the retaining walls are required to give sufficient base width as per the design &Scope of the forces developed and level maintained by the backfill where the ground level is maintained by the structure of the wall designed however it is very strange to point out that no fundamentals were maintained by the department of I&PH while constructing the structure of channelisation of Nallah near the water treatment plant of LWSS Malari Balh seene at Sukkar khud and while the drawing of the said structure (R/wall) was demanded under the RTI act the PIO cum EE Irrigation cum Public Health department Jhandutta failed to supply cross section of the structure of the said channelisation of the Nallah which is highly objectionable matter of fact and concern to be noticed by the principle department of the construction by who it is clearly mentioned in the order of approval that the work shall be carried out as per the JSV/PWD specifications and to the entire satisfaction of the Engineer in Charge vide his number:-EE-JSV-JSDJ-CB-TA-Tender /Award /2023-24 -1813-1820 dated 1-5-2023.It is particularly mentioned here that the base width of the said wall was maintained half of the top width of the structure developed, and the structure was a faulty one however the department is taking no cognisance of the stability of the structure in present case of the required sufficient base width of the design and scope for the vertical projection of the mass of concrete which is constructed for the resistance to retain the earth pressure , so that no tension is developed at the base, however the base width is made half of the top width is a matter of fact and concern to be noticed by the construction agencies for which matter too brought to the notice of the AE and EE of the department but incomplete and incorrect information supplied by the PIO cum EE I&PH Jhandutta and no cross section of the proposed R/wall issued for the verification of design &Scope required to be maintained for the unequal level of ground on its two faces of called retaining wall/channelisation of Nallah for which amount of rupees, 6,05,530 /-ordered for signed agreement with the contractor, even faulty in the design &Scope of the structure and no drawing of the cross section given under RTI act 2005 by the Principle department of the construction is a matter of sore grave concern.