Bhubaneswar: Order for two of the seven eco retreat sites, the country’s flagship glamp program, has been driven to uncertainty.
The State Tourism Department on Wednesday, the day when all seven sites were inaugurated by the Minister of Chief Naveen Patnaik, serving notifications in a private company engaged to organize, operating and managing projects in the coraput and in Sonapur starch (Ganjam) to be postponed and worked below the standard.
This gives a time limit of 72 hours for corrective action.
The company on Friday was looking for up to December 20 to make this ready and allow booking from December 21.
In notifications to Rajasthan-based companies, the State Tourism Director Sachin R Jadhav showed “embarrassment situation to cancel certain guests December 16 and December 19 Odisha and Odisha tourism, “he wrote.
Director of Tourism shows that this previously should be ready on December 8 but even though it was given extra time, this was not ready.
Jadhav wrote that these sites did not confirm with quality standards as expected.
The company has not responded to TI requests at government notifications.
However, a government officer said it on Friday looking for time until Monday was ready to make infrastructure ready.
It has quoted unexpected circumstances such as typhoon warnings and heavy rain earlier this month.
At quality standards, the company has offered to replace material that does not meet quality norms in phases.
The event in the third year has grown from the second five years to seven times with Coraput and Sonapur starch into a new site.
Three different companies are involved in project work for seven sites.
The government has chosen three companies this year for a period of five years from 2021-2026 with the estimated total expenses promised around Rs 200 Crore.
Odisha government problem notifications to the company for delays, poor quality work at ECO Retreat
