ITANAGAR, May 5: Drawing a line in the sand, the All Arunachal Pradesh Youth Organisation on Monday gave the state government seven days to move on the troubled Papu Nallah–Naharlagun highway stretch.

The youth body wants two things fast: a demolition cost estimate for 62 piers sent to MoRTH’s Tezpur office, and a single-member independent probe into Package-B of NH-415.

AAPYO president Kipa Kanam told reporters at the Arunachal Press Club that the deadline follows months of petitions and street protests that went nowhere. He accused the state of dragging its feet while “large-scale irregularities” pile up around the Rs 341.71-crore flyover project sanctioned by MoRTH.

“This ambitious project stands compromised,” Kanam said, pointing to what AAPYO calls a dangerous mix of defective TMT bars and low-grade cement. The group said Rs 200 crore is already out the door and urged an immediate freeze on remaining payments.

Their case leans on tests done February 8. Rebound hammer and ultrasonic pulse velocity checks, AAPYO claims, show the developer flouted norms and then abandoned the site. At least 18 piers, they say, were raised with faulty material.

The ultimatum doesn’t stop there. AAPYO is pushing for a MoRTH regional office in the capital for tighter oversight, plus a blacklist for M/s Woodhill Shivam JV, SPS Technocrats Pvt JV, and AECOM JV.