Ludhiana: The principal Secretary of the Department of Local Department has attracted the city corporate authority because it did not issue a Payment of COMPANY for the Streetlight LED project.
The company has raised this problem with the main secretary at the previous meeting, said they were not paid at Rs 11.83 Crore for five months.
In a letter issued for MC Commissioner Pardeep Sabharwal, the main secretary has asked him whether the Civic body cannot pay money to the company, then why they finish the work through it.
Non-payment of contributions destroys the image of the government, he said.
In a meeting in Chandigarh on December 17, Representatives of Corporate Tata said that the MC had not been unusual to postpone maturity payments on invoices raised from July to November 2021.
Until now, the number of circulating was Rs 11.83 Crore, including extra operations .
Hours, they added.
They raised non-payment problems for energy savings and for extra operating hours.
“There is no soup for the realization of payments even though some requests to the authorities.
The agency has made a major investment for the completion of the project.
It continues to suffer financial losses due to non-compliance with the terms of payment / contract schedules.
Despite repeated demand to MC, there are no improvements and repairs Commitment to the release of payment on time, “said MC officials, however, showed that the civil body did not have enough funds at this time to respect this obligation.
The main secretary said, “There is no organization that must enter an agreement or contract, it cannot uphold.
Payments or processing delays in the part of the Government Agency reflect badly on the Government and Mars of the Public Citra.
Every financial impact arising from the contract clause / contract Late / non-payment must be borne by the city corporation and officers concerned.
will be obligations for you to make provisions to issue repeated contract payments in a timely manner and define the SOP for regular bill processing.
It is unacceptable that the bill processing period exceeds the Cycle Cycle Period .
“for non-payment for energy savings and for extra operating hours, do in-depth study of the payments under the contract and make a decision early, major Secretary added this happens with the waste management company A2Z well.
If the MC will not delete the outstanding contributions, then how they can expect the company to work properly.
“Commissioner MC Pardeep Sabharwal cannot be contacted for his comments.