Nagpur: Department of Public Health Engineering Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has arrived under the scanner to distribute RS1.7 Crore contracts for monitoring GPRS water tankers without finding fixed committee approval.
This scheduled after the department submitted a proposal before the committee department continued to find a nod for RS1.7 Crore’s payment to PAM Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Department had given him work to the company for 2020-21 and 2021-22.To monitor tankers to non-network areas to the city using The GPRS system, the department has allocated RS15 per tanker per traveler and the total project costs are estimated at RS1.71 Crore.
The department has invited tender and PAM Technologies Pvt.
Ltd.
Submitted a quoted offer of 11.86% more than the RS15 department projection fee per trip per tanker, which came to around RS16.78 per tanker per trip.
Then, the bidder was called for negotiations and companies agreed to work for RS15 per tanker per trip.
Now, the department has submitted a proposal for the approval of the committee standing.
The effort said that even though the use of the GPRS system helped in monitoring the movement of tankers, thus reducing false trips claimed by operators and drivers of water tankers, delays in seeking this questionable standing panel permit also never shared information about non-income water and income in limits corporations, the source said.
Corporator’s NCP Informer Vedprakash Arya called the proposal as another fraud.
Citing examples, Arya said Nagpur Limited Environmental Services, a special purpose vehicle formed for the implementation of the 24×7 water supply project on February 15, 2019, was first released by RS92 Crore Penalty which was put in place in Orange City Water Limited (OCWL) and then changed the last year’s agreement.
“I have filed a complaint against the NESL board at the police station aware in August 2021,” he said.
“Even after 10 years handed over the operation and maintenance of a water supply system to a private agent, NMC still spending a lot of taxpayer money for operating tankers is a fraud in itself,” said Arya, showing that since 2012, the civil body has caused more loss than RS700 Crore.
At present, water is being supplied through 214 tankers in non-network areas.
The average Crore RS16-RS18 is being spent every year to supply water through a tanker.
NMC has spent RS1.70 Crore in two years to oversee tankers.