The BMC tender worth 1,000 crore was carried out on Monday, inviting bidders to strengthen and improve various cement concrete and mastic asphalt roads in cities and suburbs. This includes approximately Rs 7 billion. Road works Within the scope of civil jurisdiction, the project is worth Rs 3 billion. MHADA lays out roads.

Not to be confused with the re-tender for road works worth Rs 1,200 crore carried out a few days ago. In this batch of tenders, as the road contractor’s offer was 30% lower than expected, some of the tenders have been reissued after BMC cancelled the tender in September due to quality issues. There are some fresh tenders, such as MHADA Layout roads.

The floating and refloating of tenders itself smacks of a casual approach on the part of the civic authorities, indicating that there are flaws in the BMC’s procedures for launching. Not only should these be rectified immediately, but the monitoring mechanism should be strengthened so that there is complete transparency and the city gets the quality roads that it has long deserved.

The corporators have questioned whether canceling the tender and re-issuing will actually improve the quality of the road or simply a waste of time. This time, officials said stricter conditions have been put in place, such as contractors participating in tenders must have previous road work experience and not just any civil work experience.

There will also be a deferred payment, only 80% of the payment will be released upon completion of the work. The remaining 20% ​​payment will be released in installments during the defect liability period.

Interested parties have time till November 3 to fill the tender. Councilors fear that the work is likely to be delayed initially, as the tenders have been floated so late. Usually, after October, the BMC starts the road repair work on the ground, which continues till the onset of monsoon the following year.

Samajwadi Party leader and MLA Rais Shaikh said that stringent norms alone will not suffice, as tenders have been floated in such huge quantities, the same old contractors will come back.

News Source : Bharat Times English News