Mumbai: BMC, which signaled the road employment contract last month, once again accepted an offer below the estimate.
City officials said that unlike the working tender work 1,200 crore works before, where the contractor was quoted up to 30% lower than expected costs, this time the offer was around 15% -20% below the estimate.
A city official said that at the end of the month, the proposal would be brought before the Standing Civic Committee for approval.
TimesViewThe modus operandi road contractor citing the level below the official estimate has occurred in BMC for more than two decades.
If a contractor is willing to do a job, say, Rs 100 for Rs 85, it indicates the corner cut.
That’s why the new road is placed through a hole with the first rain shower.
Administration must break the cartel formed by several contractors.
“Previously, when several offers 30% below estimates, it was very clear that no work could be done.
We have overcome current estimates and find that satisfactory work can be done at the current level quoted,” said a BMC official.
This time when the BMC reasses the work road 1,200 crore together with him, it was also tendered for the work of RS 800-900 road repair, including those in the Layout Mhada.
Therefore, this has taken total repair costs around Rs 2,000 Crore.
Of a total of 2,000 km of road networks in the city, 275km proposed to be repaired.
Some repair work tends to begin at the end of December if the committee continues to give his approval in time.
Corporators say that the entire resetting process is only wasted time because the bidder has quoted the actual fee below.
“This has caused an unnecessary delay because we have lost two months ‘reasonable’ working time The opposition accuses that this has become a tactic to delay actual work because BMC does not have funds to pay these works in this financial year.
BJP Corporator Vinod Mishra said the funds intended for important work such as road repairs were transferred to large projects such as cycle lines or maintenance of penguin attachments at the zoo.
“Even if the contractor has quoted below estimates, it is very important that BMC seizes their security deposits if they find that the work that is being carried out is not equivalent to what they have proposed.
In addition, civil engineers must also ensure that regular supervision is carried out to make an examination on quality, “he said.